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160 pages • first pub 1966 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140274219
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Edition Pub Date: 01 January 1968
For readers drawn to lush, fever-dream fiction about the making of a madwoman and the price of being owned. Ideal if you crave lyrical, slow-burn prose heavy with sensuous decay, colonial ghosts, and the ache of identity eroded by beauty, money, and men’s gazes.
Description
Set against the lush backdrop of 1830s Jamaica, Jean Rhys's powerful, haunting story was inspired by her fascination with the first Mrs Rochester, the mad wife in Charlotte Brontè's Jane Eyre.If Antoinette Cosway, a spirited Creole heiress, could ...
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160 pages • first pub 1966 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140274219
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Edition Pub Date: 01 January 1968
For readers drawn to lush, fever-dream fiction about the making of a madwoman and the price of being owned. Ideal if you crave lyrical, slow-burn prose heavy with sensuous decay, colonial ghosts, and the ache of identity eroded by beauty, money, and men’s gazes.
Description
Set against the lush backdrop of 1830s Jamaica, Jean Rhys's powerful, haunting story was inspired by her fascination with the first Mrs Rochester, the mad wife in Charlotte Brontè's Jane Eyre.If Antoinette Cosway, a spirited Creole heiress, could ...
Community Reviews
Moods
dark: 79%
sad: 60%
emotional: 53%
challenging: 41%
reflective: 38%
mysterious: 33%
tense: 33%
adventurous: 5%
informative: 4%
inspiring: 1%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
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