Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalpsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyglossyenclosedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancecomplex relationshipself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeA stirring, small-scale novel: weighty and original. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Open Library rating
4.0 / 5
17 ratings
About This Book
Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of citsion's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". A sensual and protected young woman, the narrator grows up in the lush, natural world of the Caribbean.
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- Author
- Jean Rhys
- Published
- 1966
- Pages
- 189
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- Open Library
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