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Jean Rhys

    August 24, 1890 – May 14, 1979

    Jean Rhys, a novelist from the Caribbean, gained prominence in the mid-20th century for her evocative fiction. Her early works from the 1920s and 1930s foreshadowed her later impact. It was not until the publication of Wide Sargasso Sea in 1966, a novel often considered a "prequel" to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, that she emerged as a significant literary figure. Rhys's writing compellingly explores themes of patriarchal societies and feelings of displacement, drawing from her own experiences of navigating identity and belonging.

    Jean Rhys
    After Leaving Mr Mackenzie
    The Collected Short Stories
    Smile Please
    Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Student Editions)
    Sleep it Off, Lady
    Tigers are Better-looking
    • 2018

      Till September Petronella

      • 64 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      3.4(845)Add rating

      So there's a good time coming for the ladies, is there?-a good time coming for the girls? About time too' Stories of women adrift in seedy bars and down-at-heel hotels, from a master of the short story form.

      Till September Petronella
    • 2018

      Ein Mann und eine Frau verbringen ein paar Tage in einem Sommerhaus an einem Fluss. In der Unmöglichkeit, sich einander verständlich zu machen, wird der Fluss zu einer Projektionsfläche ihrer Ängste und Befürchtungen. Am Ende wird einer von beiden sterben. – Eine verstörende Erzählung über die Macht des Unausgesprochenen. „Das Rauschen des Flusses“/„The Sound of the River“ wurde erstmals 1966 in der Vierteljahresschrift “Art and Literature” veröffentlicht und zwei Jahre später in Jean Rhys’ Kurzgeschichtensammlung “Tigers are Better-looking“ aufgenommen. Die Erzählung erscheint im Golden Luft Verlag in einer neuen deutschen Übersetzung.

      Das Rauschen des Flusses
    • 2017

      The Collected Short Stories

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.0(108)Add rating

      Includes some of the best British short stories of the last century ... You hear her voice speaking directly to you; her reality is your reality. (Guardian)

      The Collected Short Stories
    • 2016

      Smile Please

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      4.1(78)Add rating

      A brilliant companion piece to Wide Sargasso Sea, this is Jean Rhys's beautifully written, bitter-sweet autobiography, covering her chequered early years in Dominica, England and Paris. Jean Rhys wrote this autobiography in her old age, now the celebrated author of Wide Sargasso Sea but still haunted by memories of her troubled past: her precarious jobs on chorus lines and relationships with unsuitable men, her enduring sense of isolation and her decision at last to become a writer. From the early days on Dominica to the bleak time in England, living in bedsits on gin and little else, to Paris with her first husband, this is a lasting memorial to a unique artist. Includes an introduction by Diana Athill.

      Smile Please
    • 2011

      La Grosse Fifi

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Contains such stories as: "La Grosse Fifi", "Vienne", "Tea with an Artist", and "Mixing Cocktails". They are all taken from a selection from The Left Bank in Penguin's edition of "Tigers Are Better Looking".

      La Grosse Fifi
    • 2004
    • 2004

      "Irrfahrt im Dunkel" erzählt die Geschichte der 18-jährigen Anna, einem Revuegirl, das vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg die englische Provinz bereist. Auf der Suche nach den Farben ihrer Kindheit in Westindien verliebt sie sich in einen Mann, der sie verwöhnt, bis er sie verlässt und ihre Träume zerplatzen.

      Irrfahrt im Dunkel. Roman. Aus d. Engl. v. Simon Werle
    • 2001

      Prequel to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty, but soon after their marriage, rumors of madness in her family poison his mind against her. He forces Antoinette to conform to his rigid Victorian ideals.

      Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Student Editions)