Wide Sargasso Sea

Real book. Great quality.

Although I was reluctant ordering the piece as few said the packaging is bad , the pages are torn. Well for a reader torn pages are nightmare , but made the order as Amazon has been an anwesome place and I trust their services. The novel is a work which surely Jane should have read , being a voracious reader. Knowing the story of Bertha , she would never have hallucinated Mr.Rochestor's voice . A novel much needed to make sure you understand the true situations. A gem. 💮 Thank you Amazon and Jean Rhyss.

Got in good condition

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My all time favourite. Deconstructs the character of Bertha Mason which Charlotte Bronte presents as an antithesis to her English heroine- Jane Eyre. This book will lead you into the character of Bertha Mason, which is not even her real name and is only an European name given by her husband, Mr Rochester. All in all it’s a good book and one needs to read it if you feel that the mad woman in the attic in Jane Eyre wasn’t given justice.

Amazing book ... great novel ...

The penguin essentials edition is such a beautiful one

I'm a English literature student and i bought this for my studies about colonialism and loved the book the printing and paper is good..

All time classic, arrived as promised

Me compré el libro porque tuve que leer para un trabajo Jane Eyre y supe que jane Rhys escribió esta novela contando la historia entre Rochester y Bertha Mason ( the mad women in the attic) desde otro punto de vista, el de el mismo Rochester y la misma Bertha. Recomiendo su lectura conjunta ya que Wide Sargasso adquiere un major significado y amplia nuestra comprensión del contexto histórico en el que se desarrolla la historia: el colonialismo europeo y principalmente el inglés. Es una lectura interesante que hace reflexionar sobre el papel que ha desempeñado la mujer en las distintas épocas y el que ocupa hoy.

WIDE SARGASSO SEA is the 'prequel' to "Jane Eyre". Through this short novel, Jean Rhys has given a voice to the mad woman in Rochester's attic; his first wife. The book has three parts and each part sees a different narrator. Part one takes place during Antoinette's childhood and it is she who narrates. Part two takes place just after Rochester and Antoinette marry and it is Rochester who narrates. Then finally part three, which takes place in England. Antoinette is now within the attic of Thornfield Hall. At the beginning of part three, we hear briefly from Grace Poole, Antoinette's guard, we then hear the remainder from Antoinette herself. Personally, this short novel really came to life during parts two and three. I found it interesting that during part two - following the marriage of Antoinette and Rochester - we hear the story from his point of view. Rhys wrote this novel to give the mad woman in the attic a voice, yet here she takes it away again to a certain degree. Although this is not meant as a criticism on my part, it is interesting to ponder why. However depsite all this, WIDE SARGASSO SEA is a beautiful, fraught novel of love, obsession, death, folklore and madness. There are many layers to this little book and many themes - for example, there is a recurrent theme of dreams and mirrors. Rhys is also an expert at not only creating very believeable characters but also at bringing the location to life. The way that she describes the forest, through the eyes of Rochester, really helps you to understand just how hostile he finds the foreign place he is living in with his new bride. I loved this book. Regardless of whether you have read "Jane Eyre" or not, there is much to enjoy here. I'm really looking forward to discussing it with my bookclub. Oh, and a final comment on this particular edition - I highly recommend it. I read this book in preparation for a bookclub; the introduction, explanatory notes etc, were very informative. And, as each page has small line numbers next to the text, the commentary does not have to get in the way of your reading experience - if you want the explanation, you just turn to the back of the novel and find the relevant note.

As expected and arrived on time.

Ottimo