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Jean Rhys, CBE (/ r iː s / REESS; born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she mainly resided in England, where she was sent for her education.
May 10, 2024 · Jean Rhys was a West Indian novelist who earned acclaim for her early works set in the bohemian world of Europe in the 1920s and ’30s but who stopped writing for nearly three decades, until she wrote a successful novel set in the West Indies. The daughter of a Welsh doctor and a Creole mother, Rhys.
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Jun 20, 2022 · Rhys had a uniquely lonely intelligence, and a talent for facing hard truths. If all you know of her is “Wide Sargasso Sea,” this book will encourage you to branch out. That’s nearly ...
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Mar 7, 2016 · Learn about Jean Rhys, a Dominican-born writer who wrote Wide Sargasso Sea, a prequel to Jane Eyre. Explore her life, marriages, and other novels and stories influenced by her Caribbean heritage and themes of exile and alienation.
A comprehensive and critical overview of the life, work and contexts of Jean Rhys, a modernist writer of Caribbean and colonial origin. The book explores her novels, short stories, themes, style, reception and legacy, with close readings and historical analysis.
Jan 15, 2023 · A review of a novel by Caryl Phillips that explores the Dominican roots of the Dominican-born writer Jean Rhys, who experienced a turbulent life and career. The novel reflects on Rhys' themes of loss, identity and language, and her relationship with Ford Madox Ford.
Jean Rhys, CBE (born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams; 24 August 1890–14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica.
