Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys

Voyage in the Dark

Jean Rhys

159 pages • first pub 1934 (view editions) user-added

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Jean Rhys’s 1934 novel watches Edwardian London’s cold lights flicker over a young outsider’s first taste of solitude.
For born outsiders.

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A chorus girl of eighteen in a fit-up touring company, Anna Morgan sees England as a succession of identical cold hard towns, greyly contrasting with the flaming colours of her West Indian childhood. A brief liaison with a kindly but unimaginat...

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Community Reviews

3.73
based on 1,213 reviews

Moods

dark: 72%

sad: 70%

emotional: 61%

reflective: 54%

challenging: 27%

tense: 19%

mysterious: 8%

funny: 2%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

17% of readers chose fast
58% of readers chose medium
23% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
11% of readers chose A mix
84% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

22% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

14% of readers chose Yes
47% of readers chose Complicated
39% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
24% of readers chose Complicated
55% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

81% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
4% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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