Jean Rhys






Jean Rhys

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born
December 13, 1901

died
May 14, 1979

gender
female

place of birth
Roseau, Dominica

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

Jean Rhys (August 24, 1890 - May 14, 1979), originally Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, was a Caribbean novelist who wrote in the mid 20th century. Her first four novels were published during the 1920s and 1930s, but it was not until the publication of Wide Sargasso Sea in 1966 that she emerged as a significant literary figure. A "prequel" to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea won a prestigious WH Smith Literary Award in 1967.

Rhys was born in Dominica (a formerly British island in the Caribbean) to a Welsh father and Scottish mother. She moved to England at the age of sixteen, where she worked unsuccessfully as a chorus girl. In the 1920s, she relocated to Europe, travelling as a Bohemian artist and taking u...more




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Wide Sargasso Sea Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 3.51 — 4,019 ratings — published 1966
44 editions
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Good Morning, Midnight Good Morning, Midnight
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 4.03 — 411 ratings — published 1939
10 editions
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Voyage in the Dark Voyage in the Dark
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 3.91 — 256 ratings — published 1935
11 editions
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After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (Norton Paperback Fiction)
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 3.88 — 208 ratings — published 1930
14 editions
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Quartet Quartet (Norton Paperback Fiction)
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 3.73 — 175 ratings — published 1928
14 editions
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The Collected Short Stories The Collected Short Stories (Norton Paperback Fiction)
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 4.12 — 57 ratings — published 1987
2 editions
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Jean Rhys: The Complete Novels Jean Rhys: The Complete Novels
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 4.18 — 44 ratings — published 1985
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Sleep it Off Lady: Stories by... Sleep it Off Lady: Stories by Jean Rhys
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 4.16 — 32 ratings — published 1976
7 editions
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Tigers are Better-Looking: Wit... Tigers are Better-Looking: With a selection from The Left Bank
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 3.96 — 26 ratings — published 1968
3 editions
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Smile Please: An Unfinished Au... Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography
by Jean Rhys
avg rating 4.17 — 23 ratings — published 1979
6 editions
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"“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. "
Jean Rhys
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"Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home."
Jean Rhys (Good Morning, Midnight)
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"'Quite like old times,' the room says."
Jean Rhys (Good Morning, Midnight)
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