Having recently finished Jane Eyre I thought this would be good to start. Also Rhys is the only author in my modernist ideal bookshelf print I haven't read yet, so I thought it's about time (a picture of that another time).
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Wide Sargasso Sea | 
Having recently finished Jane Eyre I thought this would be good to start. Also Rhys is the only author in my modernist ideal bookshelf print I haven't read yet, so I thought it's about time (a picture of that another time).
so-soRead it years ago but this BBC radio version was my latest cardio-workout partner.
Antoinette is the daughter of former slave owners in the Caribbean. She has no sense of belonging anywhere, nor of basic safety. Then along comes Mr Rochester (yes, him!) to marry her for her money. It's something of a conundrum, the book comes across as fragmented and disorienting as Antoinette's mental state inevitably becomes. I'm just not sure how deliberately.
Jean Rhys is a #caribbean queen, having been born and raised on Dominica. I read this ‘prequel‘ to Jane Eyre recently; I don‘t think I could say I particularly enjoyed it, it was a bit odd.
#wanderingjune
How annoyed am I right now?! 😠
I‘m working on an interim basis and had a conversation yesterday about the main office door which is apparently *never* locked at any time.
Couldn‘t sleep last night (The worry squirrels were out in force!) so came in early to get some work done and guess what?!
Can‘t get in and I‘ve no idea what time the first person with a key will arrive...
I suppose the book‘s quite good...! (In a Pret having brekkie!)
I came down with a gnarly cold this weekend and toughed it out yesterday for work, but had to give in to it today. Not complaining too much because I‘m finally watching Jane Eyre from the comfort of my couch, with a cat sleeping on my feet. Also looking forward to starting this book after the movie, all about Mr. Rochester‘s wife. I‘m so in love with the cover. 😍
bailed1/5⭐ If there are any meaningful feminist themes like I expected given the praise for this book, they're completely buried in the muddled writing style. #projectnew
Please don't ask why. This was the first book I thought about upon reading the prompt.
#BirdsOfParadise #WinterWonderland @TrishB @Cinfhen
Didn't realize this was a classic. I may be more interested in the premise than the actual writing on this one. 50 pages in and I'm not in love.
#NoFemmeber #BurningBride
I think I've probably gone for an obvious choice in Bertha Mason as the mad woman in the attic Mr rochester's first wife who in this book is allowed a life beyond the demented images of the victorian gothic illustration i managed to find.
As a native of the Caribbean, Jean Rhys was shocked by Brontë's portrayal in Jane Eyre of Bertha Mason, Rochester‘s Creole wife, who was locked up in the attic. In this book Rhys tells the story of Brontë's #blackmagicwoman and gives Bertha her own voice. #OctoberXFiles
#1001books
(Pic: Google)
so-soWe had a rainy afternoon in Bergen (quelle surprise) so I snuggled up with this little volume with the lovely St. Mary‘s church in the background. The language lost me in a few places but I liked the way Rhys imagined the story.
panI remember hating this book in high school, so I thought I‘d re-read it for the @bookriot Read Harder Challenge to see if I liked it more 20 years later. The answer is, apparently, no. I have no idea what my issue is because I can objectively see how good it is. It may just be the wrong book for. Maybe I‘ll try it again in another 20 years...
What the heck is happening?! Rochester is an asshole, I got THAT figured out.
#classicsclub #ccspin #TheClassicsClub #notmanyclassicclubbersonLitsyHuh
so-soNice read with beautiful language. Having read Jane Eyre many times, it was interesting to read about the side plot of the first Mrs Rochester.
I meant to post my books for season two of #Booked2018 & time got away from from me. Seasons 3 & 4 may suffer as personal projects & weddings are keeping me busy.
@BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen
pickA pray is supposed to go up to heaven, to touch God or his angels, and fall back on you in grace, strength, or hope. But sometimes it fails, and that gives this beautiful quote: "I prayed, but the words fell to the ground, without meaning." #gabrielledubois #bookreview on #goodreads
#widesargassosea #jeanrhys
#historicalfiction #bookworm #jamaica #creole #book #bookstagram
#painting by #martinjohnsonheade #19thcentury
Currently reading and enjoying, even it's not usually the kind of writing I like. Some very good quotes, I'll send my review soon... I'm glad I read this author for the first time.
#widesargassosea by #jeanrhys
pickWhat a strange, lovely, lyrical little book. Gorgeous prose with an island setting that feels like a mystery all on its own. This one kept me reading, hoping to find my way Thornfield Hall. Eventually I did, though it seemed little like the place I remember. Highly recommend for Jane Eyre fans!
Day 1 of vacation, book 2! For #litsyclassics #maylovesclassics #shortestclassicyouread #readharderchallenge2018 @Bambolina_81 @Sarah83
Just started this but liking it! I hadn't know before I got the book that the main character is the first wife of Mr Rochester! Very interested to know more! #books #bookcover #widesargassosea #currentread #lovetoread #bookmad
Rhys writes the story of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre before, and how, she became the ‘mad woman in the attic‘. #retelling #litsyclassics #maylovesclassics
pickA magical journey into the heart of the Creole islands and into the mind of the passionate 'Bertha' Antoinette Mason. This is a really different, tragic novel exploring the life of former slave owners living in a postcolonialist society alongside their former slaves.
My one criticism is reserved for the Penguin edition I read which had a crazy amount of footnotes to the point that the editor was explaining things that seemed completely obvious.
so-so#bookanddinner while finishing this Jane Eyre prequel i long wanted to read, but i must say i‘m not as raving as everyone else - mostly because i simply didn‘t understand much of what was going on. Much of it surely intentional i found myself a bit too lost in the plot and it‘s protagonists‘ motivations. As much as the novelette suceeds in recreating multiple horrors of oppression (slavery, family, the patriarchy...) and 👇
After leafing through my new Jane Eyre edition the choice what to pick from the TBR pile was pretty clear! #booksandbreakfast
#AprilBookishMadness Day 8: Illness
Poor Bertha. Wide Sargasso Sea is written as a prequel to Jane Eyre and follows Antoinette Cosway as she transforms into the Bertha Mason who we see in Jane Eyre. We follow Antoinette as she descends into madness and we the reader asks was she always ill or was it the cause of Mr Rochester.
@maich
Inspired by the recent audiobook Jane Eyre Laid Bare. I haven't read this since university, but I believe I might have written a lit theory essay about Cixous's theory of women reclaiming language using this as a text. #feminism #postcolonialism #littheory
#marchintooz
Because Litsy people the best, and they know I neeeeed lots of books about #deepwater. 🌊🌊🌊🐠🐳🦈🌊🌊🌊
@Cinfhen @Lizpixie
I think maybe I should spend April just reading the swap-books I haven't read yet.
A favourite classic about a VERY toxic relationship.
#Scar #MarchintoOz @Cinfhen @Lizpixie
P.S. I was super excited about today's prompt. I was in Australia shortly after Scar was released, and I've loved Missy Higgins ever since. It's not exactly a happy song, but this brought back a lot of happy memories!
@Librarybelle Congrats and thanks for the giveaway opportunity! I just finished rereading Jane Eyre and want to move Wide Sargasso Sea up on my TBR, but I need to find a copy in order to do so. #50k1k
After reading the biography of Anne Lister (by Angela Steidele) who was an inspiration for the Brontë sister's books, I remembered to finally read "Wide Sargasso Sea" which a teacher at uni recommended years ago.
pickRhys writes very disjointed and in this book she changes the narrator several times and yet, I didn't mind.
I thought this was an interesting and heartbreaking novel.
Technically my second backlist read of 2018, but I posted the first last week #beatthebacklist
Yesterday's book haul. I always say I'll buy less books, but how could I resist?
pick🌊🌊🌊🌊 This was an interesting book to read as I was reading it around the same time as I read The Black Count. They both addressed slavery in the Caribbean (albeit in different ways) and the way people dealt with ethnicity. This book had a distinct 'Jane Eyre' feel to it although I got a bit confused at one point as to whose point of view I was reading from. I might have to reread this one day.
IT'S HERE! Thank you so so much @Itchyfeetreader for the wonderful presents! I dig your book choices and can't wait to put that sloth-book mark to work! 😍 thank you so much #secretsantagoespostal ! What a great surprise to find on my doorstep after a long long day of work...
The #shortestbookIread this year. Without introduction and notes it's 136 pages and is a prequel to Jane Eyre
#AllTheBooksOf2017
#five novels in one volume works for #NovemberByTheNumbers !Jean Rhys is an amazing writer as many of you know . I have read 2 of the 5 , the title above and “Quartet”
Thank you @julesG ! I've wanted to read Wide Sargasso Sea for *such* a long time - I really don't know why I've never read it. It'll have a good home here! And Daughter of Smoke and Bone may well be exactly what I need to read next!
And the gloves are gorgeous and cosy and fun - thank you 😘 You've put so much thought and time into these gifts - 😍.
And thank you @BookishMarginalia for being awesome! x
#halloweengoespostal #fallbookexchange
I suppose this isn't really an #alternative story, but perhaps an alternative point of view? I can't believe I haven't read this yet. #30daysofreadathon
After I finish my reread of Jane Eyre, I'm onto Wide Sargasso Sea. Then more Bronte Ladies!
http://lithub.com/reading-jane-eyre-while-black/
This article is a great read. While I'm not black, I'm not really white so I ran into similar problems as a kid and certainly within academia. Though Jane is and always will be a favorite heroine, it is equally important to me that I challenge the literature that gives her life.
I was trying to decide what books to take on our trip, and my husband says "I don't know why you're even doing this, we both know you're going to end up taking all of them." #truth #heknowsmewell #vacationbooks
