First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Andre Deutsch. Written by Rhys as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre she tells the story of Antoinette "the madwoman in the attic", "Bertha", Rochester's first wife. She reframes the story, and in so doing exposes the colonial, and sexual exploitations which are the undercurrents of Charlotte Bronte's novel. Rhys has been praised as having taken "one of the works of genius of the nineteenth century and turned it inside-out to create one of the works of genius of the twentieth century." (Michele Roberts). A near fine copy, a trifle worn to edges of dust jacket, and very small patch of offsetting to front free endpaper. Seller Inventory # 249501

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Title: Wide Sargasso Sea.�

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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