Wide Sargasso sea
by Jean Rhys
- 491 Want to read
- 35 Currently reading
- 50 Have read
Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of citsion's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". A sensual and protected young woman, the narrator grows up in the lush, natural world of the Caribbean. She is sold into marriage to the cold-hearted and prideful Rochester, who succumbs to his need for money and his lust. Yet he will make her pay for her ancestors' sins of slaveholding, excessive drinking and nihilistic despair by enslaving her as a prisoner in his bleak British home.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
People
Places
Times
Showing 9 featured editions. View all 48 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jan 25, 2016, W. W. Norton & Company
paperback
in English
0393352560 9780393352566
|
eeee
|
2
|
eeee
|
3
Wide Sargasso Sea
1999, W. W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton
Paperback
in English
- 1st ed.
0393960129 9780393960129
|
eeee
|
4
Wide Sargasso Sea
1993, W. W. Norton
Paperback
in English
- Movie Tie-In Edition (1)
0393310485 9780393310481
|
eeee
|
5
Wide Sargasso Sea (Modern Classics)
December 1987, Penguin Putnam~trade, Penguin Classic
Paperback
- New Ed edition
0140089128 9780140089127
|
cccc
|
6
|
eeee
|
7
|
aaaa
|
8
|
eeee
|
9
|
eeee
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Originally published: London : Deutsch, 1966.
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Source records
First Sentence
"THEY say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did."
Links outside Open Library
Lists
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?