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Short and incredibly powerful, as an illumination of the "madwoman in the attic" from Jane Eyre, but also (even more so) entirely on its own.
Antoinette and Rochester are neither of them whole or making their own decision to marry. Who sold their soul for money? Who sold who? Who tricked who? Both Rochester and Antoinette are powerless as their marriage starts, but it's Rochester who holds the power in the end.
Antoinette comes to life, she puts her hopes for happiness in the hands of Rochester, a ...more
Antoinette and Rochester are neither of them whole or making their own decision to marry. Who sold their soul for money? Who sold who? Who tricked who? Both Rochester and Antoinette are powerless as their marriage starts, but it's Rochester who holds the power in the end.
Antoinette comes to life, she puts her hopes for happiness in the hands of Rochester, a ...more
Rhys' writing style is reminiscent of James Joyce. In the introductory material contained in the Norton Critical Edition of Wide Sargasso Sea, the editor includes a story about how Rhys was irritated that her editor has published the novel before it was done. When pressed as to what was not finished, she answered that it still had two extra words in it. Rhys' point-of-view style of modernist narration also compares well to the work of Virginia Woolf.
So, the narrative style is easily off-putting. ...more
So, the narrative style is easily off-putting. ...more
I re-read Jane Eyre just a few weeks prior to tackling Wide Sargasso Sea, which had been on my shelves for way longer than I care to admit. Even though I knew fairly well what to expect, I had major trouble getting into the book, and had to fully restart section 2 after not wanting to pick up the book for a few days running. I appreciate what Rhys was trying to do, but in this instance it wasn't quite for me.
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3.8 stars.
Oct 13, 2007
Esceilenn
rated it
it was ok
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Shelves:
1001-old-list,
1001-new-list
Nov 29, 2011
Frankie
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
4-and-5,
owned-read
Jun 10, 2013
Rachel W
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
1001,
read-in-2013
Jul 28, 2013
Krista
marked it as to-read
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Shelves:
literary-fiction,
1001-read
