Wide Sargasso Sea
By: Jean Rhys ; introduction by Francis Wyndham
Contributors: Bronte , Charlotte, 1816-1855
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Cutchogue, N.Y., USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781568497297
Copyright date: 1966
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Fiction
Description: "Novel by Jean Rhys, published in 1966. A well-received work of fiction, it takes its theme from the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. The book details the life of Antoinette Mason (known in Jane Eyre as Bertha), a West Indian who marries an unnamed man in Jamaica and returns with him to his home in England. Locked in a loveless marriage and settled in an inhospitable climate, Antoinette goes mad and is frequently violent. Her husband confines her to the attic of his house at Thornfield. Only he and Grace Poole, the attendant he has hired to care for her, know of Antoinette's existence. The reader gradually learns that Antoinette's unnamed husband is Mr. Rochester, later to become the beloved of Jane Eyre. Much of the action of the novel takes place in the West Indies. The first and third sections are narrated by Antoinette, the middle section by her husband."
Notes: Prequel to: Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte .

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