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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. With Wide Sargasso Sea, her last and best-selling novel, she... Read Full Overview

Textual notes illuminate the novel's historical background, regional references, and the non-translated Creole and French phrases necessary to fully understand this powerful story. Backgrounds includes a wealth of material on the novel's long evolution, it connections to Jane... Read Full Overview

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'

Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon the publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of fiction's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bront 's Jane Eyre. Set in the Caribbean, its heroine is Antoinette... Read Full Overview

The fortieth anniversary reissue of the best-selling "tour de force" (Walter Allen, New York Times Book Review).

The fortieth anniversary reissue of the best-selling "tour de force" (Walter Allen, New York Times Book Review).

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World'

Jean Rhys's spell-binding novel Wide Sargasso Sea, inspired by Jane Eyre and winner the Royal Society of Literature Award is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.