An edition of Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)

Wide Sargasso Sea

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An edition of Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)

Wide Sargasso Sea

Movie Tie-In Edition (1)
  • 3.92 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 357 Want to read
  • 15 Currently reading
  • 39 Have read

Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of citsion's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".

A sensual and protected young woman, the narrator grows up in the lush, natural world of the Caribbean. She is sold into marriage to the cold-hearted and prideful Rochester, who succumbs to his need for money and his lust. Yet he will make her pay for her ancestors' sins of slaveholding, excessive drinking and nihilistic despair by enslaving her as a prisoner in his bleak British home.
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Publisher
W. W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
189

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Wide Sargasso Sea
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Wide Sargasso Sea
2011, Penguin Books, Limited
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1999, W. W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1993, W. W. Norton
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Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel
1992, W. W. Norton
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1992, W. W. Norton & Company
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1982, W.W. Norton
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1969, Penguin Books
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1967, W W Norton & Company
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1966, Buccaneer Books
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New York, USA

Edition Notes

Prequel to: Jane Eyre / Charlotte Brontë.

Series
Norton Paperback Fiction
Copyright Date
1993

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912
Library of Congress
PR6035.H96 W5 1992

Contributors

Introduction
Francis Wyndham

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
189 p. ;
Number of pages
189

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1554695M
ISBN 10
0393310485
ISBN 13
9780393310481
LCCN
91034821
Library Thing
27239
Goodreads
37777505
44707464

First Sentence

"THEY say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did."

Work Description

Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of citsion's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". A sensual and protected young woman, the narrator grows up in the lush, natural world of the Caribbean. She is sold into marriage to the cold-hearted and prideful Rochester, who succumbs to his need for money and his lust. Yet he will make her pay for her ancestors' sins of slaveholding, excessive drinking and nihilistic despair by enslaving her as a prisoner in his bleak British home.

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