Wide Sargasso Sea
by Rhys, Jean
Wide Sargasso Sea, first published in 1966, is the book for which author Jean Rhys is most known. The feminist and postcolonial novel, which explores power dynamics between men and women in a patriarchal society, was Jean Rhys's brilliant comeback to the literary stage after over a 20-year absence. Following the publication of Wide Sargasso Sea, Rhys produced several more novels, short stories, and other manuscripts before her death in 1979. Wide Sargasso Sea was written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, from the point of view of Antoinette Cosway, Mr. Rochester’s wife. A Creole heiress from Jamaica, Antoinette’s life story is revealed in three parts–the first focusing on her youth in Jamaica, the second her honeymoon with Mr. Rochester in Dominica, and the third and final focusing on the time she is confined in the attic of Mr. Rochester’s house in England after he declares her mad. The tension Rhys builds between the two prominent cultures and the two prominent characters in her novel creates a poignant and plaintive atmosphere that haunts readers’ minds.
First Edition Identification
The first edition of Wide Sargasso Sea was published in English in 1966 by André Deutsch in London. The format of the first edition is hardcover, and the jacket art was completed by artist Eric Thomas.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
The first American Edition of Wide Sargasso Sea was published in English in 1966 by W.W. Norton in New York. This is a hardcover, octavo book, with jacket art by Bill Logan.
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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NY: W. W. Norton and Company. Good in Good dust jacket; Boards and endpapers lightly dampstained, jacket . price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, and lightly dampstained on interior.. 1966. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Halfbound in green cloth. Introduction by Francis Wyndham. Jacket art by Bill Logan. The Caribbean-born author wrote this prequel about the characters in Charlotte Brontes… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics)
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Jean Rhys on the title page. Near Fine with light wear and narrow strips of sunning to edges, several page corners creased. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with edge wear and general use. A nice copy, signed by the author. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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New York: W.W. Norton, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket - Good. 0x0x0. First Edition - First Printing with the number line extending from 1 to 9. Dust jacket is wrapped- jacket has moderate edge wear with some rubbing to the corners and spine ends with several small tears but none more than a half inch long- jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. (UK) First publication 1966 whithout any other indication of printings, thus 1st printing of the first edition. Owner's inscription to the endpaper, no other marking, touch of water intrusion to the foot of the spine and extending along a portion of the lower edges of the covers adjacent to the spiner, thus Very Good… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. First edition. First edition. 190 pp. Bound in publisher's pinkish red cloth covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good, foxed edges, bookplate on paste down, slight toning to cloth, in a Very Good dust jacket with a small laminate bubble in the front gutter, price-clipped, light wear, foxed front flap. A well-regarded novel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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UK: Andre Deutsch, 1968. First Edition 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 3rd Imp 1968. A third printing in the same format as the 1st edition. Includes the rare wrap around band. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Contents good. Small name to front endpaper. … Read more about this item Item Price
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UK: Andre Deutsch, 1966. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1966. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Contents good. Small name to front endpaper. The wrapper is very good+ and bright. Spine tips with light rubbing. Small closed tear to top edge. More images… Read more about this item Item Price
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WIDE SARGASSO SEA
by Rhys, Jean: Introduction by Francis Wyndham
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New York:W. W. Norton and Company, Inc, (1996). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/04/0_img_7969.jpg. New York:W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. (1966). 1st edition. 190pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book in very good condition. Two toned boards lightly soiled and shelfworn, with light wear along edges and spine ends. Gilt on spine dulled. Page edges soiled. Internally,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics)
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First American edition, first printing. Good+, with light lean to spine, light foxing to covers and edge of page block, pages toned. In a Good+ dust jacket with publisher's price intact, foxing to flaps and blank verso, edge wear with several short tears and small scrapes,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wide Sargasso Sea - with the rare wrap around band
by Rhys, Jean
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. A first edition, first printing published by Andre Deutsch in 1966. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good+ unclipped wrapper. Some wear to the spine tips and corners and a couple of nicks here and there. With the rare wrap-around band, declaring the book as 'The Winner of the WHSmith £1000 Annual… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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