Wide Sargasso SeaPenguin Classics978-02-4187-106-597802418710652027-04-01English (United Kingdom)176Hardcover
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Book · 5 editions
Wide Sargasso Sea
- Genres
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general · Classic fiction: literary and general · Historical fiction
- 2000
- first published
- English
- language
- 5
- edition in English
- 176
- pages
Jean Rhys's late, literary masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Brontë'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.
Editions
5 editions · sort: newestWide Sargasso SeaPenguin Classics978-02-4187-106-597802418710652027-04-01English (United Kingdom)176Hardcover
Wide Sargasso SeaPenguin Classics978-01-4118-542-297801411854222019-05-30English (United Kingdom)176Softcover
Wide Sargasso SeaPenguin Classics978-02-4128-190-197802412819012016-10-06English (United Kingdom)192Hardcover
Wide Sargasso SeaPenguin978-02-4195-155-297802419515522011-04-07English (United Kingdom)160Softcover
Wide Sargasso SeaPenguin Classics978-01-4118-285-897801411828582000-03-30English (United Kingdom)192Softcover