Voyage in the Dark
by Jean Rhys
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
first edition (U.S.) first printing hardcover (Morrow, 1935); no dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages, light offsetting to paste-downs; tight bind; cloth cover has some fade along spine, bumped corners, vivid titling; no dust jacket B40ambib
Synopsis
Voyage in the Dark is a 1934 novel by Jean Rhys. It tells of the semi-tragic descent of its young protagonist Anna Morgan who is moved from her Caribbean home to England by an 'evil' stepmother. Once she leaves school, and she is cut off financially by the stepmother, Hester, Anna tries to support herself as a chorus girl, then falls in love with a man named Walter who briefly supports her but won't marry her. When he leaves her, she begins a downward spiral.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DrPanglossBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 918621
- Title
- Voyage in the Dark
- Author
- Jean Rhys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition U.S.
- Publisher
- Wm. Morrow
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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