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Inspired by, but independent of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the story of the first Mrs. Rochester, the mad wife in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rhys, Jean (Author)
Other Authors: Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton and Company, [2016]
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > West Indies > Fiction.
Mental illness > Fiction.
British > West Indies > Fiction.
West Indies > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > Antilles > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Maladies mentales > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Britanniques > Antilles > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Antilles > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
18.07 English literature outside Europe and the USA.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
West Indies.
British.
Man-woman relationships.
Manners and customs.
Mental illness.
Caribisch gebied.
British West Indies > Fiction.
West Indies > Fiction.
1800-1899
Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Description
Summary:Inspired by, but independent of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, the story of the first Mrs. Rochester, the mad wife in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
Antoinette Cosway is a sensual and protected young woman, a Creole heiress in Jamaica. Her stepfather, Mr. Mason, sells her into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester, who renames her Bertha. In England she faces a society so driven by hatred, so skewed in its sexual relations, that it can literally drive a woman out of her mind. -- adapted from back cover and perusal of book.
Item Description:Prequel to: Jane Eyre / Charlotte Brontë.
Includes reading group guide.
Physical Description:171 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780393352566
0393352560