Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys tells the gripping story of Antoinette Cosway, a white Creole heiress born into the oppressive society of 1930s Jamaica. This literary classic, published by Penguin Books Ltd in the Penguin Modern Classics series, is a postcolonial novel that reveals the background of Bertha Rochester from Jane Eyre it. The book is a B-format paperback with 192 pages, ISBN 9780141182858.
Description
Born into the oppressive colonial context of Jamaica, Antoinette meets a young Englishman who is enchanted by her beauty. After their marriage, rumors poison the relationship, leading to a tragic entanglement of love, madness, and alienation. With this, Jean Rhys paints an incisive portrait of a woman caught between cultural and personal conflicts. This classic combines fine literature with an in-depth study of identity and loyalty.
Specifications
- Author: Jean Rhys
- Series: Penguin Modern Classics
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Binding type: B-format paperback
- Publication date: 2000-03-30
- Number of pages: 192
- ISBN: 9780141182858
- Theme: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
- BISAC: FICTION / Literary