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Wide Sargasso Sea：Student Edition (Penguin Modern Classics)

内容简介

JeanRhys'slate,literarymasterpiece,WildSargassoSea,wasinspiredbyCharlotteBronte'sJaneEyre,andissetinthelush,beguilinglandscapeofJamaicainthe1830s.Bornintoanoppressive,colonialistsociety,CreoleheiressAntoinetteCoswaymeetsayoungEnglishmanwhoisdrawntoherinnocentsensualityandbeauty.Aftertheirmarriagedisturbingrumoursbegintocirculate,poisoningherhusbandagainsther.Caughtbetweenhisdemandsandherownprecarioussenseofbelonging,Antoinetteisdriventowardsmadness.'Rhystookoneoftheworksofgeniusofthe19thcenturyandturneditinside-outtocreateoneoftheworksofgeniusofthe20thcentury.'MicheleRoberts,TheTimes

作者简介

JeanRhyswasborninDominicain1894.ComingtoEnglandaged16,shedriftedintovariousjobsbeforestartingtowriteinParisinthelate'20s.AfterLeavingMr.Mackenziewaswrittenin1930.Herearlynovels,oftenportrayingwomenasunderdogsouttoexploittheirsexualities,wereaheadoftheirtimeandonlymodestlysuccessful.From1939onwardsshelivedreclusively,andwaslargelyforgottenwhenshemadeasensationalcomebackwithWideSargassoSeain1966.Shediedin1979.

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