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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wide_Sargasso_SeaWide Sargasso Sea - Wikipedia

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   Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 novel by Dominican-British author Jean Rhys. The novel serves as a postcolonial and feminist prequel to Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847), describing the background to Mr. Rochester's marriage from the point-of-view of his wife Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress.

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3. www.sparknotes.com › lit › sargassoWide Sargasso Sea: Study Guide | SparkNotes

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   Learn about Jean Rhys's prequel to Jane Eyre, set in post-emancipation Jamaica. Explore the historical context, themes, characters, and adaptations of this postcolonial and feminist novel.

4. www.britannica.com › topic › Wide-Sargasso-SeaWide Sargasso Sea | Caribbean, Postcolonial & Feminism

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   Wide Sargasso Sea, novel by Jean Rhys, published in 1966. A well-received work of fiction, it takes its theme and main character from the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The book details the life of Antoinette Mason (known in Jane Eyre as Bertha), a West Indian who marries an unnamed man in Jamaica and returns with him to his home in England.

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6. literariness.org › 2019/05/29 › analysis-of-jeanAnalysis of Jean Rhys’s Novel Wide Sargasso Sea

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   May 29, 2019 · Wide Sargasso Sea is a sympathetic account of the life of Rochester’s mad wife in Jane Eyre, a West Indian Creole who marries him for money and suffers from his cruelty and betrayal. The novel explores the themes of alienation, identity, and colonialism through the perspectives of the Creole girl, the young Rochester, and the obeah woman Christophine.

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   A comprehensive literature guide to Wide Sargasso Sea, a postcolonial novel by Jean Rhys that rewrites Jane Eyre from the perspective of Bertha Mason. Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.

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   3.59. 93,772 ratings8,368 reviews. Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center stage. She had a startling early career and was known for her extraordinary prose and haunting women characters.

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   Who wrote Wide Sargasso Sea?

   • Wide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 novel by Dominican-British author Jean Rhys. The novel serves as a postcolonial and feminist prequel to Charlotte Brontë 's novel Jane Eyre (1847), describing the background to Mr. Rochester's marriage from the point-of-view of his wife Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress.

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   Is Wide Sargasso Sea a prequel to Jane Eyre?

   • Wide Sargasso Sea by British author Jean Rhys, published in 1966, is a compelling and complex novel that is meant to serve as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

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   Is Wide Sargasso Sea a postcolonial response to Jane Eyre?

   • Waking from her dream she escapes her room, and sets out candle in hand. Since the late 20th century, critics have considered Wide Sargasso Sea as a postcolonial response to Jane Eyre. Rhys uses multiple voices (Antoinette's, her husband's, and Grace Poole's) to tell the story, and intertwines her novel's plot with that of Jane Eyre.

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   Who was Jean Rhys?

   • By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on May 29, 2019 • ( 1 ) When Wide Sargasso Sea, her last novel, was published, Jean Rhys (24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was described in The New York Times as the greatest living novelist. Such praise is overstated, but Rhys’s fiction, long overlooked by academic critics, is undergoing a revival spurred by feminist studies.

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10. www.sparknotes.com › lit › sargassoWide Sargasso Sea: Full Book Analysis | SparkNotes

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    Jean Rhys. Full Book Analysis. Previous Next. As a reimagining of one of Jane Eyre ’s most mysterious characters, Wide Sargasso Sea offers a more nuanced look at the sociopolitical forces that drive a woman like Antoinette to madness.