Jean Rhys's late, literary masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness.
- ISBN10 0140818030
- ISBN13 9780140818031
- Publish Date 1 May 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin UK
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 176
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780140818031