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Wide Sargasso Sea
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Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys's return to the literary center stage. She had a startling early career and was known for her extraordinary prose and haunting women characters. With Wide Sargasso Sea, her last and best-selling novel, she ingeniously brings into light one of fiction's most fascinating characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. This mesmerizing work introduces us to Antoinette Cosway, a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester. Rhys portrays Cosway amidst a society so driven by hatred, so skewed in its sexual relations, that it can literally drive a woman out of her mind.
A new introduction by the award-winning Edwidge Danticat, author most recently of Claire of the Sea Light, expresses the enduring importance of this work. Drawing on her own Caribbean background, she illuminates the setting's impact on Rhys and her astonishing work.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780393352566
EAN:
9780393352566
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
176
Authors:
Jean Rhys
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Published Date: 2016-25-01
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I found this book very confusing. Also boring to read. None of it made sense to me. It was ofter difficult to see who was narrating. I don't recommend this book.
Fast shipping book as described.
I found this book fascinating. I had never read Jane Eyre so I watched the movie immediately after reading this book. I'm so glad I did read the book first because I had a basic understanding of what was happening in the movie that I might not have otherwise.My best comment is always that I would read it again someday. I will read this again and probably read Jane Eyre too.
It was an eye opener to compare a person from reserved and upper class English man with a young lady who was born and lived in the Caribbean all her life
Reading entertainment. Sequel to one of my favorite books: Jane Eyre.
