by Jean Rhys · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140818031
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Set in lush 1830s Jamaica, the novel tells the story of Antoinette Cosway, a young Creole woman who marries an Englishman, Mr. Rochester. After their marriage, rumors begin to poison her husband's mind against her, trapping Antoinette between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, driving her towards madness. This Penguin Student Edition includes a helpful introduction, character sketches, a text summary, a chronology, language notes and activities, and a selection of questions and suggestions for topics for discussion and analysis.
Jean Rhys was a British Creole novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she resided mainly in England, where she was sent for her education. She is best known for her final novel, Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
