Wide Sargasso Sea: Design by Coralie Bickford-Smith

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

A gorgeous clothbound edition of Jean Rhys's great masterpiece of desire and madness in the Caribbean

Jean Rhys's late masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte'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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780241281901
Published: October 2016

Number of pages: 192
Width: 134 mm
Height: 205 mm
Depth: 21 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd