“None of you understand about us,” I thought. When I first read Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys, I approached it as a continuation of Jane Eyre. That is to say, my high school English class introduced it as another entry into the world of that novel, and I went along for the ride. As I have previously [...]
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Wide Sargasso Sea
Posted by Kathleen on May 26, 2011
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Banana Bottom
That Sunday when Bita Plant played the old straight piano to the singing of the Coloured Choristers in the beflowered school-room was the most exciting in the history of Jubilee…. In the opening pages of Banana Bottom, our protagonist, Bita Plant, returns home to the titular village after spending seven years being educated abroad. As we [...]
Posted by Kathleen on February 25, 2011
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