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Jan 13, 2011
Rosemary
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it was amazing
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Jean Rhys, who was born and raised in the West Indies, wrote this book to tell the story of the first wife of Jane Eyre's Rochester, called Bertha by Charlotte Bronte but here given the name Antoinette. Her husband, unnamed in this book but clearly Rochester, calls her Bertha because Antoinette was also the name of her mother who became mentally ill after the death of her son. That change of name immediately makes us question the Jane Eyre version of events so that we are able to accept that the
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Jun 16, 2023
Bucket
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it was amazing
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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
I like the vivid descriptions of the book - of the Caribbean islands, and even the characters. But the book seemed a little disjointed to me, as if some things were left out that would have made the story fuller.
Feb 27, 2011
Debbie Hoffman
marked it as to-read
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Oct 16, 2016
Salma
marked it as to-read
