Wide Sargasso Sea
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"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 disturbing rumours begin to circulate, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness."
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 disturbing rumours begin to circulate, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness."
Received this book from Sudokugirl.
Although it's a nice story on its own, it's impossible not to make comparisons with Jane Eyre and there it falls short. The heroine was not someone I could care much about, since I already knew what she was going to do and how she was to end up. Apart from that, the story is interesting and worth a read.
Although it's a nice story on its own, it's impossible not to make comparisons with Jane Eyre and there it falls short. The heroine was not someone I could care much about, since I already knew what she was going to do and how she was to end up. Apart from that, the story is interesting and worth a read.
