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  1. www.sparknotes.com › lit › sargassoWide Sargasso Sea: Full Book Summary | SparkNotes

    A novel by Jean Rhys that explores the backstory of Bertha Mason, the madwoman in Jane Eyre. It follows Antoinette, a white Creole heiress in Jamaica, who marries an Englishman and becomes Bertha.

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  2. www.litcharts.com › lit › wide-sargasso-seaWide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Plot Summary | LitCharts

    Wide Sargasso Sea Summary. Antoinette Cosway, a creole, or Caribbean person of European descent, recounts her memories of growing up at her family’s estate, Coulibri, in Jamaica in the 1830‘s. Her family, consisting of her mother, Annette, and her mentally disabled younger brother, Pierre, are destitute and isolated after her father’s ...

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    Wide Sargasso Sea Summary. Wide Sargasso Sea begins in Jamaica after the Emancipation Act of 1833, under which Britain outlawed slavery in all its colonies.

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  5. www.sparknotes.com › lit › sargassoWide Sargasso Sea: Study Guide | SparkNotes

    Learn about the prequel to Jane Eyre that explores the life of Antoinette Cosway, the madwoman in the attic. Find a plot summary, an analysis of Antoinette, and explanations of important quotes from Wide Sargasso Sea.

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    Wide Sargasso Sea explores the power of relationships between men and women and discusses the themes of race, Caribbean history, and assimilation as Antoinette is caught in a white, patriarchal society in which she fully belongs neither to Europe nor to Jamaica.

  7. www.litcharts.com › lit › wide-sargasso-seaWide Sargasso Sea Study Guide | Literature Guide | LitCharts

    A comprehensive guide to Jean Rhys's novel, a postcolonial rewriting of Jane Eyre from the perspective of Bertha Mason. Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.

  8. www.supersummary.com › wide-sargasso-seaWide Sargasso Sea Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary

    Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), Jean Rhys’s best-known novel, contemplates the life of Bertha Mason Rochester, a minor character in Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre (1847). Rhys made a career out of writing novels and short stories that contemplated the lives of unconventional women.