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  1. A short summary of Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Wide Sargasso Sea.

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      A list of all the characters in Wide Sargasso Sea. Wide...

  2. Premise. The novel and film explore Jean Rhys's account of the West Indian Creole heiress, here called Antoinette Cosway, who marries the Englishman Mr. Rochester, and becomes his "madwoman in the attic" featured in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. For a full-length summary see: plot summary of Wide Sargasso Sea. Cast.

  3. Synopsis. A young Antoinette Cosway (Casey Burna) recalls her youth in 1844 Jamaica, growing up with her French-Creole mother, Annette (Rachel Ward), and younger brother Pierre (Dominic Needham). Since the abolition of slavery on the island and the financial collapse of Coulibri, the family's sugar plantation, Antoinette's English father drank ...

  4. Wide Sargasso Sea: Directed by John Duigan. With Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward, Michael York. In 1840s Jamaica, a young female landowner marries an Englishman to keep her property. Their love blossoms, but she hides a childhood secret about her mother that threatens their relationship.

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    • Drama, Romance, Thriller
    • John Duigan
    • 1993-04-16
  5. May 7, 1993 · Wide Sargasso Sea. Drama. 100 minutes ‧ NC-17 ‧ 1993. Roger Ebert. May 7, 1993. 4 min read. She is a beautiful woman who lives caught in a web of superstition and fear, on an island in the sun. He is a rakish, handsome young man from England, out to visit his friends and perhaps make his fortune.

  6. Wide Sargasso Sea Summary. Antoinette Cosway, a creole, or Caribbean person of European descent, recounts her memories of growing up at her family’s estate, Coulibri, in Jamaica in the 1830‘s. Her family, consisting of her mother, Annette, and her mentally disabled younger brother, Pierre, are destitute and isolated after her father’s ...

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  8. Synopsis In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway (Rachel Ward) falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason (Michael York). But when Annette's...

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