Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys intended her critically acclaimed novel Wide Sargasso Sea as an account of the woman whom Rochester married and kept in his attic. The book won the notable WH Smith Literary Award in 1967. Rhys explores themes of dominance and dependence, especially in marriage, depicting the mutually painful relationship between a privileged English man and a Creole woman from Dominica made powerless on being duped and coerced by him and others. Both the man and the woman enter marriage under mistaken assumptions about the other partner. Her female lead marries Mr Rochester and deteriorates in England as "The Madwoman in the Attic". Rhys portrays this woman from a quite different perspective from the one in Jane Eyre.
wide sargasso sea jean rhys intended her critically acclaimed novel wide sargasso sea as an account of the woman whom rochester married and kept in his attic the book won the notable wh smith literary award in 1967 rhys explores themes of dominance and dependence especially in marriage depicting the mutually painful relationship between a privileged english man and a creole woman from dominica made powerless on being duped and coerced by him and others both the man and the woman enter marriage under mistaken assumptions about the other partner her female lead marries mr rochester and deteriorates in england as "the madwoman in the attic" rhys portrays this woman from a quite different perspective from the one in jane eyre