Bibliograph

Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat

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Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Wide Sargasso Sea

Oclc number

909974574

Responsibility statement

Jean Rhys ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat

Summary

Inspired by, but independent of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the story of the first Mrs. Rochester, the mad wife in Charlotte Brontë's Jane EyreAntoinette Cosway is a sensual and protected young woman, a Creole heiress in Jamaica. Her stepfather, Mr. Mason, sells her into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester, who renames her Bertha. In England she faces a society so driven by hatred, so skewed in its sexual relations, that it can literally drive a woman out of her mind. -- adapted from back cover and perusal of book

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