Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
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Jean Rhys, a native of Dominica, wrote Wide Sargasso Sea as a revision of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, focusing her novel on Bertha, the Jamaican madwoman locked in the attic of the British manor house. Written over the course of twenty-one years and published in 1966, Wide Sargasso Sea was immediately recognized as a central novel for those interested in colonialism, Caribbean culture, race, and women's writing. It is set in Jamaica, Dominica, and England between 1839 and 1845 and describes a world of changing poser relations among the English, the Creoles, and the newly emancipated slaves. The novel is considered a literary masterpiece for its simple yet rich language and its innovative narrative structure. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is accompanied by annotations that assist readers in understanding the historical background, regional and cultural references, and Creole and French phrases necessary for a full appreciation of the novel.
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stream of consciousness, Creoles, postcolonial literature, race, colonialism, feminist, canonical, Fiction in English, Fiction, open_syllabus_project, British, Historical fiction, Man-woman relationships, West Indies, love stories, romance fiction, Novela inglesa, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), West indies, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, Fiction, psychological, Married people, fiction, English literature, Large type books, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Britanniques, Romans, nouvelles, Social life and customs, Stream of consciousness, Postcolonial literature, Race, Colonialism, Feminist, Canonical, Fiction in english, Open_syllabus_project, West indies, Love stories, Romance fiction, Man-woman relationships--west indies--fiction, Pr6035.h96 w5 1992, 823/.912People
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West Indies, British West Indies, Jamaica, Coulibri, Granbois, Dominica, Thornfield HallTimes
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1999, W. W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Modern Classics)
December 1987, Penguin Putnam~trade, Penguin Classic
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-266).
Prequel to: Jane Eyre / Charlotte Brontë.
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"THEY say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did."
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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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