The first part is told in the heroine’s own words. Wide Sargasso Sea is divided into three parts. The novel, as Rhys’ best and most successful one, was named by Times as one of the 100 best English language novels since 1923, which helps her establish the special status of the 20th century in the history of English literature. The book won the Royal Society of Literature Award and WH Smith Literary Award, which brought Rhys to public attention after being obscure of twenty-seven years. The publication of Wide Sargasso Sea in 1966 ended an almost total silence. After Good Morning, Midnight, Jean Rhys disappeared. Machenzie (1930) and Good Morning, Midnight (1939). Her major works are The Left Bank (1927), Postures (1928), After Leaving Mr. To some extent, her novels are the portrayal of her own life. Love turns quickly into business arrangements, with women inevitably dependent on men. They are often tragic heroines who love blindly and completely. The female characters in her novels are mostly marginalized in western patriarchal society and exiled both culturally and sexually. Jean Rhys’ novels mostly focus on female survival and the bitter quest for identity. The English writer Ford Madox gave her much support and encouraged her to write. After the first marriage failed, she began living on writing.

She had three marriage experiences during her life. She went back to the island only once in 1936, but it seemed that she never found a real home and never became comfortable in her environment. At the age of 16, she left the island forĪnd lived with her aunt Clarice. Her father was a Welsh doctor and her mother a white Creole―a white West Indian. Jean Rhys (1890-1979) is a contemporary British writer, born in Caribbean. Wide Sargasso Sea, Tragic Fate, Antoinette, Jean Rhys

The aim of this paper is to explore the causes that lead to her death, through analyzing the social context of her life, her growing family environment as well as her personal life path.

Antoinette is the heroine of the novel, who has a tragic fate which arises great sympathy among readers. This novel is regarded as prequel of Jane Eyre. Wide Sargasso Sea is the masterpiece of British woman writer Jean Rhys. Received 25 October 2014 revised 25 November 2014 accepted 2 December 2014 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, ChinaĮmail: © 2014 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.

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