Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
168 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0140818030
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Language: English
Publish: 988700400000
20th CenturyClassicsFeminismFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiterary FictionLiteratureNovelsSchool
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.