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Wide Sargasso Sea
Book • 1966
Wide Sargasso Sea is a novel by Jean Rhys that delves into the life of Antoinette Cosway, a Creole heiress who becomes the 'madwoman in the attic' in Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre'.
The novel explores themes of identity, colonialism, and feminism, set against the backdrop of post-emancipation Jamaica.
It provides a powerful exploration of the racial and cultural conflicts that contribute to Antoinette's tragic fate.
The novel explores themes of identity, colonialism, and feminism, set against the backdrop of post-emancipation Jamaica.
It provides a powerful exploration of the racial and cultural conflicts that contribute to Antoinette's tragic fate.
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Mentioned in 3 episodes
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as Jean Rhys's post-colonial feminist reimagining of the madwoman in the attic from Jane Eyre.

Anita Anand

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307. Austen vs Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
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as a retelling of the madwoman in the attic from Jane Eyre.


Nick Gillespie

Eric Adams and New York City's Corruption Problem
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as a novel that explores the story of the madwoman in the attic from Jane Eyre and the impact of colonialism and patriarchy.


Hilary Oliver

My Favorite Things Episode 2: Hilary Oliver
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, recalling her life-changing experience of reading it, and her identification with Bertha.

Holly Ghadery

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, "The Creation of Half-Broken People" (House of Anansi, 2025)
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’s book to explore displacement and womanhood in different ways.


Kate Mosse

415. Guilty Feminist Book Club with Jessica Fostekew and Kate Mosse
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as Jean Rhys's literary masterpiece, a post-colonial and feminist classic and a prequel to "Jane Eyre".

Ben Luke

David Bowie Centre, Bukhara Biennial, Hilton Als on Jean Rhys, Hurvin Anderson and Kara Walker
Mentioned by Leslie Jamison, discussing Rhys's reimagining of Jane Eyre and its portrayal of female anger.

The Sunday Read: 'On Female Rage'
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as one of the novellas she read as a teenager.

Holly Ghadery

Concetta Principe, "Disorder" (Gordon Hill Press, 2024)






