About the Author and the Book
Wide Sargasso Sea was written by Jean Rhys and it was published in October f 1966 and it belongs to the Post Colonial Period of Literature.
Rhys was born, Ella Gwedolyn Rhys Williams on august 24, 1890 on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Her father, Rhys Williams, was a Welsh doctor who immigrated to the Colonies in the Caribbean. Her mother, Minna Lockhart, was a Dominican Creole. Just like Antoinette, the main protagonist in her story, Rhys' life was characterized by seclusion and isolation from the black population in Dominica, and her mother was very distant. The Setting and POV
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