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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This novel suits a reader who is drawn to spare, emotionally raw portraits of young women negotiating isolation, sexual power, and cultural displacement in a hostile city, and who appreciates a slow-dawning critique of patriarchal double standards without expecting redemptive uplift.

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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

3.72
based on 1,181 reviews

Moods

dark: 72%

sad: 72%

emotional: 63%

reflective: 55%

challenging: 27%

tense: 20%

mysterious: 6%

funny: 2%

relaxing: 1%


Pace

18% of readers chose fast
57% of readers chose medium
24% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
12% of readers chose A mix
85% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

22% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
34% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

14% of readers chose Yes
44% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

18% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
56% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

81% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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