Wide Sargasso Sea
Author: Rhys, Jean
ISBN: 9780241281901
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2016
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 204mm x 135mm x 20mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
A gorgeous clothbound edition of Jean Rhys's great masterpiece of desire and madness in the Caribbean
Jean Rhys's late masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness.
ISBN: 9780241281901
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2016
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 204mm x 135mm x 20mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
A gorgeous clothbound edition of Jean Rhys's great masterpiece of desire and madness in the Caribbean
Jean Rhys's late masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness.
