A View of the Empire at Sunset by Caryl Phillips

A View of the Empire at Sunset

Caryl Phillips

336 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Award-winning author Caryl Phillips presents a biographical novel of the life of Jean Rhys, the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, which she wrote as a prequel to Charlotte Bront 's Jane Eyre. Caryl Phillips's A View of the Empire at Sunset is the sweep...

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dark 50%

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Strong character development?

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Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 50%

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