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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. Antoinette Cosway is Rhys's version of ...

   • Publication date: October 1966
   • Genre: Postmodern novel

   • Author: Jean Rhys

2. www.literaryladiesguide.com › author-biographyJean Rhys, Author of Wide Sargasso Sea | LiteraryLadiesGuide

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   Mar 7, 2016 · Jean Rhys (August 24, 1890 – May 14, 1979) was born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams in Roseau, Dominica. She is best known for her last novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, considered a prequel and post-colonial response to Charlotte Brontë ’ s Jane Eyre.

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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 based on a true story?

   • Wide Sargasso Sea is a rewriting of Charlotte Bronte’s classic nineteenth-century gothic bildungsroman (1847). In Bronte’s novel, Bertha Mason is more monster than human, locked away for a decade in secret, in the attic of Thornfield Hall, where her demonic laughter and “savage” snarls disturb the residents of the mansion, including Jane Eyre.

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   Which novel is related to Wide Sargasso Sea?

   • The novel published during this period that is perhaps most closely related to Wide Sargasso Sea is A House for Mr. Biswas (1961), by fellow Caribbean author V.S. Naipaul. The novel describes the island of Trinidad during the final decades of its status as a British colony, from the perspective an Indian immigrant.

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   What is Wide Sargasso Sea about?

   • Wide Sargasso Sea explores the power of relationships between men and women and discusses the themes of race, Caribbean history, and assimilation as Antoinette is caught in a white, patriarchal society in which she fully belongs neither to Europe nor to Jamaica.

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4. www.goodreads.com › author › showJean Rhys (Author of Wide Sargasso Sea) - Goodreads

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   • 3.6/5 (11K)
   • Death Date: May 14, 1979

   • Birth Date: August 24, 1890

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   • Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys, Leslie Jamison (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)
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   • After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie by Jean Rhys, Miranda Seymour (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)

5. www.nytimes.com › 2022/06/20 › booksThe Life of Jean Rhys, a Uniquely Brilliant and Thorny Writer

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   Jun 20, 2022 · Miranda Seymour’s “I Used to Live Here Once” is a biography of the author of “Wide Sargasso Sea,” who had a talent for facing hard truths. Share full article. By Dwight Garner. June 20,...

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

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   Jean Rhys. British writer. Also known as: Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.

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   The Wide Sargasso Sea is a novel by Jean Rhys, published in 1966 at age 76. Rewarded by the Royal Society Literature Award, this novel highlighted an author who remained in the shadows. His life undoubtedly inspired Jean Rhys to create the character of Antoinette.

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   Wide Sargasso Sea is a rewriting of Charlotte Bronte’s classic nineteenth-century gothic bildungsroman Jane Eyre (1847). In Bronte’s novel, Bertha Mason is more monster than human, locked away for a decade in secret, in the attic of Thornfield Hall, where her demonic laughter and “savage” snarls disturb the residents of the mansion ...