Voyage in the Dark
by Jean Rhys
Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringtroubled leadsself destruction/implosioninjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeRealistic and emotional: a slow-paced novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
"Often considered Jean Rhys's most autobiographical novel, this masterful and moving work follows a chorus girl, Anna, who struggles to adjust to cold and inhospitable England after a childhood in the West Indies. When an affair that at first feels like salvation comes to a disastrous end, Anna begins to unravel"--
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- Author
- Jean Rhys
- Published
- 1934
- Pages
- 188
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- Open Library
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