num_pages: 160
description: Prequel to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty, but soon after their marriage, rumors of madness in her family poison his mind against her. He forces Antoinette to conform to his rigid Victorian ideals.
language: English
title: Wide Sargasso Sea
titlecomplete: Wide Sargasso Sea
characters: Annette Cosway, Edward Rochester, Christophine, Tia, Richard Mason, Aunt Cora, Grace Poole, Pierre Cosway, Mr Mason, Antoinette Cosway, Godfrey
genres: 20th Century, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, School, Literature, Classics, Feminism, Fiction
ratings_count: 88506
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: WH Smith Literary Award, awardedAt: -126201600000
name: W.H. Heinemann Award
publisher: Penguin Books