Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys ; edited by Angela Smith
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Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys ; edited by Angela Smith
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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novels
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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Jean Rhys ; edited by Angela Smith
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Penguin modern classics
Summary
Jean Rhys's masterpiece tells the story of Jane Eyre's 'madwoman in the attic', Bertha Rochester. Born into the oppressive, colonialist society of 1930s Jamaica, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty and sensuality. After their marriage, however, disturbing rumours begin to circulate which poison her husband against her
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