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Virago Modern Classics : Upcoming Virago adaptations (radio, TV, etc.)		71	digifish_books, November 29
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Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Parallel Works Hitlist		43	booksfallapart, November 25
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Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Who Lurks There: Salon Stalkers		16	ChocolateMuse, November 15
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1001 Books to read before you die : Nickelini's 1001 List		14	soylentgreen23, September 7
What Are You Reading Now? : The Modern Library's Top 100 Novels		87	MichaelMenche, September 4
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Reading Globally : Charbutton's African summer		98	bfertig, August 31
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Awful Lit. : 'Why are classics classic?		172	titusalone, August 14
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1001 Books to read before you die : What Are You Reading From the 1001 List, May 2009		97	PaperbackPirate, June 1
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What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 Your Best Five Reads of Quarter 1 (January - March)		117	narcissus_in_theory, April 15
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Art is Life : Death and the Afterlife		39	Naren559, April 2
BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: March 2009		79	pinkozcat, April 1
50 Book Challenge : TheaMak's 100		88	Aelith, March 28
Someone explain it to me... : Wuthering Heights		31	ncgraham, March 24
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1001 Books to read before you die : Least Favourite 1001 Book of 2008		30	actonbell, March 11
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... I'll save this for October. 4. Gone With The Wind How many years have I owned this book? Love the movie. 5. Wide Sargasso Sea 6. Money 7. The Neverending Story

... already have Land of Marvels by the same author and can't wait to get to these two books. Also got Breathing Lessons, Wide Sargasso Sea, and Widow for One Year. I also got a recorded version (cassettes) of Shadow Divers, All Over Creation, and Warrior Queens. I still have a ...

... Mahfouz's Arabian Nights and Days? I think Scheherazade belongs on the list somewhere. I'd leave Grendel, Wide Sargasso Sea, and Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead on the list; I would definited replace The Penelopiad and Wicked with some of the above, and haven't looked at ...

... by John Gardner

A Sea Change Lois Gould The Sea, the Sea Iris Murdoch Lighthouse Eugenia Price Sudden Sea R. A. Scotti Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys

... of recent posts. And it had a good discussion about a book I've really never liked much (Jane Eyre) and a book I do (Wide Sargasso Sea) and almost made me really want to read more Bronte (check that - made me want to read more, until I remembered the last time I did). And it talked ...

Hmm, I don't think I want to try Wide Sargasso Sea - the whole idea behind portraying the characters in an "unflinching, postmodern light" according to MF_Bloxam's LT review sounds rather like a travesty to me. I say, leave postmodernism in its place, and don't let it interfere with 19th century ...

Isn't Wide Sargasso Sea a prequel? I have it on my shelves but haven't read it yet. It was actually adapted for television a few years ago, but I was at university and didn't manage to catch it, worst luck. Brilliant thoughts on JE and TTT Rena. I loved the Shelob part too - it was so nerve ...

*soaks in all the JE talk* I know, the Gothicness is superb. Has anyone in these parts read the "sequel," Wide Sargasso Sea? I read it for a Women's Lit class in college and didn't really have strong feelings about it either way. But I've since read others' opinions that made me want to ...

... legitimate continuation of a great story. I have yet to find an 'authorised sequel' which did any justice to the original (Wide Sargasso Sea wasn't too bad, but then, it was a prequel). I have read the abomination that was Scarlett and it certainly put me off non-author sequels for life. Wh ...

... lots of other not so good stuff 35: Several books borrowed from friends who were in women's book clubs - so stuff like wide Sargasso Sea, The Blind Assassin, etc. All of Dan Brown's garbage. More mysteries and crap (a vast amount). Crichton and Orson Scott Card (argh). Hardy, Dickens, ...

... Cormac McCarthy Good Evening, Mrs. Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton Affinity by Sarah Waters Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple The Wise Virgins ...

My whole book group felt the same thing. And that would be a travesty if someone read Wide Sargasso Sea before Jane Eyre--it just shouldn't be done! :-)

Well, my reading is branching out, but unfortunately I didn't have quite as much luck with enjoying my latest.... 88. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys I should say that I feel I might have enjoyed this more if I hadn't read and loved Jane Eyre, but then, having read this first, I don't ...

Thank you Christina - there is also The Wide Sargasso Sea - the untold story of Mr Rochester's first wife on Radio 7. #31 - I agree about The Reef! Villette was wonderful and will certainly stay with me for a long time. I thoroughly enjoyed the 'discipline' of listening and became ...

... that I won't like the book! >73, short books are good! I only have two books that I know are by Caribbean writers - Wide Sargasso Sea and A View from the Mangrove. Maybe there are others lurking on my shelves.

That's it Jim - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Over to you...

Well, gosh, if it's not narrowing, perhaps it's... widening. Too good a clue, Thrin. Is it Wide Sargasso Sea?

>18 I wasn't clear if you really liked the story or not... (maybe I'm being picky:-) I loved By the Sea and liked some of his others quite a bit. >19 hm. It could work, but it seems it would be a challenge to organize. Perhaps a chat with dovegreyreader might be a good place to start.

By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah Saleh Omar is arrives in Britain as an asylum seeker from Zanzibar. Latif Mahmud has also sought refuge in this country. As the book unfolds we learn how the lives of these two ...

By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah Saleh Omar is arrives in Britain as an asylum seeker from Zanzibar. Latif Mahmud has also sought refuge in this country. As the book unfolds we learn how the lives of these two ...

... Water by Oxfam 36. Octopussy and 007 in New York by Ian Fleming 37. Star Sullivan by Maeve Binchy 38. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys I'm currently reading Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories by Annie Proulx. I have two journals where I blog ...

Now reading Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Have also read Ox-Tales: Earth, Ox-Tales: Air, Ox-Tales:Fire and Ox-Tales: Water: four collections of original short stories published in aid of Oxfam. There are some great stories written by women in there. I've also just finished Star Sull ...

>335 And how about Wide Sargasso Sea?

... Know Why the Caged Bird Sings The Bluest Eye Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Bell Jar The Crying of Lot 49 Wide Sargasso Sea In Cold Blood The Magus Cat's Cradle Breakfast at Tiffany's To Kill a Mockingbird Solaris The Golden Notebook Lord of the Flies T ...

... Garmendia {8/31} CARIBBEAN: 5 Cuba - The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier {2/28} Dominica - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys {3/31} Dominican Republic - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez {7/19} Haiti - Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat {12/3} Trini ...

... an emotional and intellectual affair too, but perhaps a little too hard. It was slightly unbelievable. JAMAICA Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Our heroine, Antoinette, grows up on the rotting Coulibri estate in Jamaica with her slightly crazy mother and her mentally disabled ...

I'm finishing up in the Caribbean with Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhyss. Undecided as to where I will go next.

... the books yet, you know what I mean? It seems like it would be easier to start someplace and see where it takes you, like Wide Sargasso Sea to Jane Eyre to Bewick's History of Birds to Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick to ?

... tell them the story. Thus the different artistic aspects were divided into separate disciplines. I also finished: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys This was a quite beautiful tale of the ‘mad woman in the attic’ from Jane Eyre. It was very lyrical, flowing along quite peacefully ...

... - Emily Bronte 901. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Because they are linked to so many contemporary novels like 402. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys for example. 869. Little Women - Loisa Alcott Just to complete the chick lit section lol. But one of my favourites along with Good Wives. ...

... Maya Angelou 27. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 28. The Purlioned Letter by Edgar Allan Poe 29. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 30. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I recently finished Wide Sargasso Sea which was quite lovely. It was my transition reading between books of Don Quixote - now to get through book 2.

... book of Don Quixote, and while I loved it I felt the need for a small break between the two large volumes. I picked up Wide Sargasso Sea which is quite short and almost done already. I am also starting Dirty Little Angels sometime this week. I tend to take a while with ebooks since I do ...

141. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys- Oh, jeez. About 3/4 of the way through I stopped and thought "this is the most melodramatic, overwrought claptrap on the planet." I laughed. Out loud. It's that ridiculous. And racist. All the bad people are black and all the white people are "misunderstood". G ...

reading Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhy. Very scared. Not a fan of the spin-off. Get your own plot. :)

Breach of Faith by Jed Horne The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

>57 Great review. This is one (of many, many) of hers I haven't read. >56 Since reading By the Sea in 2007 (?), I've read Admiring Silence and Desertion, both of which I enjoyed although they are not as good. I have Paradise also which I hope to read soon.

Country number 46: Tanzania By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah Thanks to Akeela and Avaland for recommending this one. What a beautiful book! It was the perfect, soothing antithesis to Insensatez, and I didn't want it to end. A refugee from Zanzibar arrives in the UK, unusually ...

... and the Sea Ernest Hemingway Denmark – On Modern Marriage and Other Observations Isak Dinesen Dominica – Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys Egypt - In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale Amitov Ghosh El Salvador - The Islands and the Sea: Five Centu ...

... 9 098. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut 03/30/09 099. The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington 03/31/09 100. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 03/31/09 FILM: Towelhead (2007); The Proposition (2005); Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)

... 9 098. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut 03/30/09 099. The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington 03/31/09 100. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 03/31/09

... Sheila W. Clark The Judging Eye by R. Scott Bakker Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys The Art and Craft of the Machine by Frank Lloyd Wright Cul-de-Sac Syndrom ...

... five, in order read, are: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Running in the Family by Michae Ondaatje By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah The Sound of Language by Amulya Malladi The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys The Goldfish Bowl: married to the Prime Minister Cherie Booth The Sea, The Sea Iris Murdoch Green Dolphin Country Elizabeth Goudge Whale Nation Heathcote Williams

... ino 15. Rabbit Redux - John Updike 16. The Godfather - Mario Puzo 17. 2001: A Space Odessey - Arthur C. Clarke 18. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys 19. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Alexander Solzhenitsyn 20. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

Finished Wide Sargasso Sea the other day and while I did thoroughly enjoy it, I found it incredibly sad, verging on tragic, and also a little disturbing. The way "he" - aka Mr Rochester to be - behaved towards Antoinette was absolutely despicable. Talk about making your fears come true! And ...

... up re "Lost in Austen", Miss-Owl. And it will be showing on International Women's Day too! :D I'm thoroughly enjoying Wide Sargasso Sea btw.

... :) I do enjoy Murakami's style. I'm happy to go with the flow until he starts tying the threads together at some stage. Wild Sargasso Sea sounds very interesting.....

>2 Oh, crimson-tide, I loved Wide Sargasso Sea. I just read it a few months ago. You'll have to let me know what you think. Persuasion is one of those Jane Austens I've been meaning to re-read. Mansfield Park didn't quite bear the scrutiny of a revisit, but it sounds like Persuasion ...

... I kept losing the plot of the conversations and having to reread stuff - but maybe I was just tired. Now started on Wide Sargasso Sea which is a 1001 book, and Stiff, a bookring.

... Chaim Potok That Old Ace in the Hole – Annie Proulx Blessings –Anna Quindlen Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys Women of a certain age – Lillian B. Rubin We need to talk about Kevin –Lionel Shriver The Age of Innocence – ...

... to get over that. I never thought he was a psycho, just a bit tortured. I even managed to keep this idea going through Wide Sargasso Sea, although I appear to be the only person on the planet. (Good book by the way, even if you haven't read JE.) And one day I will manage to read some Trol ...

Just finished By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah. What a wonderful book, such elegant writing.

... Revisited - Waugh The Professor and Emma, A Fragment - Charlotte Bronte Crampton Hodnet - Barabara Pym Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys English Country House Murders Invisible Man - Ralph Ellson Madame de Pompadour - Nancy Mitford Zelda: A Biography - N ...

3) Wide Sargasso Sea

... of Kent. He is the author of seven novels, and a collection of short stories. Two of his novels, Paradise and By the Sea, have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 3. Why did you choose this country and/or author? I chose this book because I have enjoyed two of Mr. Gu ...

... him to disgrace his family, and for his mother to disown him. I enjoyed Admiring Silence, but not nearly as much as By the Sea or Desertion, as the main supporting characters were not as well described as they could have been, in particular Emma and the narrator's mother.

... him to disgrace his family, and for his mother to disown him. I enjoyed Admiring Silence, but not nearly as much as By the Sea or Desertion, as the main supporting characters were not as well described as they could have been, in particular Emma and the narrator's mother.

... very, very boring - I only got through two of the books and didn't care enough to ask for the third one. However, I read Wide Sargasso Sea and it prompted me to read Jane Eyre which I had not read previously, and I really enjoyed both of them. I think reading the modern retelling first ...

36. Making It All Work - David Allen (305) 37. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys (192) 38. The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson (480) 39. Are the Rich Necessary? - Hunter Lewis (282)

... a part in several books I've read recently, including The Eyre Affair, The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte and Wide Sargasso Sea. I knew the general outline of the story before I started it, but I didn't enjoy the graphic novel. I don't know if I would enjoy the original novel ...

... really annoying; I think the reason I liked it was that I first read Jane Eyre, then read The Eyre Affair and then read Wide Sargasso Sea. It seemed to give The Eyre Affair more context, and I thought the concept was interesting as a prequel to Jane Eyre.

Book No: Wide Sargasso Sea Author: Jean Rhys Read: Jan 28 Category: 1001 Books Pages: 249 My Review Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to J ...

I will post my review of Wide Sargasso Sea this evening, (GMT). - TT

I, too, will be interested in your review of Wide Sargasso Sea. I thought it a very interesting view of what lead to the story in Jane Eyre and definitely worthwhile, I really liked it in conjunction with Jasper Fforde's Eyre Affair.

Wild Sargasso Sea is a book I have been meaning to get to for years. It is one of those books that spins off a classic and is actually meant to be worthwhile.

TT I'll be interested in your thoughts about Wide Sargasso Sea.

TBR 1. Summer of the Dragon by Elizabeth Peters 2. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3. The Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters 4. Wideacre by Philippa Gregory 5. Cordelia Underwood by Van Reid 6. The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters 7. The Murders of Richard ...

... depressing atmosphere of Kafka's work. Maybe I should have chosen something by P.G. Wodehouse. :) I have just picked up Wide Sargasso Sea which I thought I would slot in, before going back to my Group read of War and Peace. Then it's on to Ashenden and Cat's Eye per message 85. See ...

... Eyre circle of life I had going on over here. First there was Charlotte's amazing creation, then came Bertha's story with Wide Sargasso Sea, and now we've got perky little Thursday Next. The romantic, the depressing, and the amusing. I'm nothing if not a well-balanced reader at this point. A ...

... Adventures in Wonderland, Crime and Punishment, Invisible Man, The Grapes of Wrath, A Room of One's Own, 1984, Wide Sargasso Sea, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch, short stories from everyone from Chekhov to Poe, and a ton of poetry...

Lord of the Rings of course Anna Karenina - several adaptations The French Lieutenant's Woman Possession Wide Sargasso Sea Love in the Time of Cholera For Whom the Bell Tolls Frankenstein - several adaptations Rebecca to name a few in the classic category. Plus it ...

... Fiction - King Hereafter - Cotillion by Georgette Heyer - Completed 1 Jan 09 - Alaska by James A. Michener - The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood 5. Mystery/Thriller - Operation Nassau ...

... Kill a Mockingbird, 1970s 62. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 2008 63. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1970s 64. Wide Sargasso Sea, 2008 65. Eva Trout, 2006 66. The Godfather, 1970s 67. The French Lieutenant's Woman, 2007 68. Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, 2008 69. ...

For me it was Wide Sargasso Sea, which I read because I love Jane Eyre. It just wasn't happening for me. Atonement got off to an amazing start, but then became rather predictable and I had to skim through the rest. Surfacing, also, was a let down. I have read and loved most Atwood novels, ...

... 9. NORWAY - To Siberia {3/15} 10. JAPAN - The Setting Sun {7/17} 11. PAKISTAN - Moth Smoke {3/29} 12. DOMINICA - Wide Sargasso Sea {3/30} 13. ENGLAND - The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold {4/4} 14. SOUTH AFRICA - Cry, the Beloved Country {4/7} 15. AUSTRALIA - Disquiet {4/8} 16. AME ...

In response to my own nudge, I read Wide Sargasso Sea after Jane Eyre and for anyone who was wondering, I did enjoy reading the opposing perspective right after the original. I thought it was an interesting sequence in which to read them. If you get the chance, I would recommend it. Although I ...

... Jane Eyre-esque books, but it just kind of worked out that way. Jane Eyre was one of the last books I read in 2009, and Wide Sargasso Sea was nudged by the BookNudgers group because many thought it would be an interesting followup. Then I decided to read Jenna Starborn because WSS was ...

Jane Eyre is an old favourite though it took me an age to read, I'm hoping Wide Sargasso Sea will be easier as it was a written by a modern author, but I shall see :)

I'm chiming in re. wide Sargasso Sea. It is worth the read, particularly if you like the book Jane Eyre.

... Sword, but I haven't got to that one yet. 34 > Ambrosia4 - so are you reading "Eyre-esque" books deliberately? I know Wide Sargasso Sea and Jenna Starborn (I've read the first, I own the second) are both related to Jane Eyre. Curiouser and curiouser. For my part, I'm currently ...

... Sharon Shinn, I would ask her about Janet Ayerson right off; it's been bugging me since I read the book! I also read Wide Sargasso Sea last year, and I agree with you completely; it's a fantastic book.

2. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Overall this was a very interesting idea for a novel: take one of the most mysterious characters from classical literature and expand upon her backstory. And Rhys does not disappoint, she brings such a rich and detailed viewpoint of Antoinette (later ...

For the Non-US/UK Authors Category: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Overall this was a very interesting idea for a novel: take one of the most mysterious characters from classical literature and expand upon her backstory. And Rhys does not disappoint, she brings such a rich and ...

... by Muriel Barbery 4.5 stars finished 5/22/2009 24. Great Horse Racing Mysteries by John McEvoy 23. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 22. Road Song by Natalie Kusz 21. In the Woods by Tana French 20. Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson 19. Dese ...

I'm pretty much done with Wide Sargasso Sea and then I'm moving on to Middlesex.

... over the holidays :) I've finished Jenna Starborn for my New Author's category and now I'm going back to finishing Wide Sargasso Sea (it was too depressing to read on New Years Day) for my Non-US/UK authors category (Jean Rhys was Dominican)

... up being my first book of the year...my second to last book of 2008 was the ever romantic Jane Eyre. Then I started on Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys to begin the new year. However, that book became quite depressing and I decided to start 2009 with a slightly more upbeat novel, and ...

... up being my first book of the year...my second to last book of 2008 was the ever romantic Jane Eyre. Then I started on Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys to begin the new year. However, that book became quite depressing and I decided to start 2009 with a slightly more upbeat novel, and ...

... by Salman Rushdie TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell IRONWEED by William Kennedy THE MAGUS by John Fowles WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS ...

... by Julie Waters The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova At The Mountains of Madness by H P Lovecraft (Omnibus 1) Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Tarka The Otter by Henry Williamson The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Pendragon: The True Story of Arthur by Steve Blake The ...

... by Rupert Isaacson--Horses and psychology/neurology (autism); could also be nonfiction, and spirituality (shamanism) 8. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys classics/1001 and girlybooks could also be Reading Globally (Jamaica) 9. additional books that could be added into more than one catagory: ...

... 7/2009 5. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach 4 stars finished 5/3/2009 6. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 4 stars (also in classics/1001) finished 5/10/2009 7.Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery finished 5/24/2009 4.5 stars 8. ...

... non-1001) 1001 Books 1. White Teeth by Zadie Smith *2 catagories* finished 1/23/2009 3.5 stars 2.Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 4 stars 2 catagories finished 5/10/2009 3. Beloved by Toni Morrison audiobook 4 stars finished 5/27/2009 4.Things Fall Apar ...

I asked for nudges on my next several books, so I'm going with: 1. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 2. Butcher's Boy by Thomas Perry 3. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides My summary is here.

Thanks for the nudges all. Taking everything I've been told into account, I've got: The overwhelming favorites were Wide Sargasso Sea and Middlesex with The Corrections as a follower. But I made my choices by taking these tallies into account with what people said. Thus, I'm going to ...

>28, Haha, Nickelini, you and I are on the same page about Rochester there. And I know you've read Wide Sargasso Sea, which complicates Jane Eyre even more.

... Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello Don't understand why these are on the list: Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys The first was totally lightweight and the second overly-hyped for me.

While Wide Sargasso Sea is indeed a logical follow-up to Jane Eyre, a little time between the two would not be a bad thing. As cocoafiend has mentioned, it is the story of the 1st Mrs. Rochester from her point-of-view. An excellent read at any time. Another interesting follow-up to Jane Eyre ...

I hated reading The Cement Garden which I found both depraved and plodding. Wide Sargasso Sea was disappointing to me as it was just so leaden to read. And what was a bit of fluff like Hideous Kinky doing on the list?

I hated reading The Cement Garden which I found both depraved and plodding. Wide Sargasso Sea was disappointing to me as it was just so leaden to read. And what was a bit of fluff like Hideous Kinky doing on the list?

I've read both the Wide Sargasso Sea and Middlesex this year and they're both on the 1001 list, first version anyway. I tried The Corrections years ago and couldn't finish it. I also found Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close an interesting read but I can't remember much about it now.

Message #23 Sorrell I agree with your comments re. Wide Sargasso Sea. I liked the book, but had a difficult time with the author's switching back and forth between characters. It was a tad confusing at times. Message #25 I like your description of this book. I'm adding it to my tbr in 200 ...

... (My list is here, see below for my actual review!) 1. Jenna Starborn by Sharon Shinn finished 2009 Jan 2 2. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys finished 2009 Jan 3 3. Watchmen by cocoafiend in Book Nudgers : 12/13 - Nudge Request! (Dec 16, 2008, 5:17am)

This has already been said, but Wide Sargasso Sea is a good follow-up to Jane Eyre. Lovely writing and an important addition to the story of "the madwoman in the attic" and the fairly marginal colonial theme of Jane Eyre. It is a very quick read, so I would second the suggestion to have a go ...

Category 7: Non-US or UK Authors 1. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Dominican Republic) finished 2009 Jan 3 2. Miss Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg (Denmark) finished 2009 Feb 17 3. I'm Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti (Italy) finished 2009 Feb 28 4. The Sw ...

I agree with Cariola (#3); Wide Sargasso Sea is a good book and would be interesting right after Jane Eyre. However, Invisible Man is a great novel that is also quite culturally significant. The Rhys is a quick read, and since you are looking for your next few books, I'll nudge Rhys ...

I read Wide Sargasso Sea years ago for an English class about post-colonial literature and I only read Jane Eyre this year. I found the book easy to read but I didn't like the story that much. I really really liked The Corrections so I will give that one a nudge.

I have read Wide Sargasso Sea -I would nudge that as a great followup to Jane Eyre. I also liked bothThe Corrections and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close very much- so a secondary nudge to both those books after the Jean Rhys.

Well, the only one I've read is Wide Sargasso Sea, and since you're reading Jane Eyre, I think it's a natural follow up. Do be aware however that the tone of the work is very different from Bronte. Many of the other books are in my TBR pile, so if you read anything good, please report back.

Well, obviously, the follow-up to Jane Eyre should be The Wide Sargasso Sea (it's Bertha's story). But if you've never read The Invisible Man, you really must. It's a classic novel about race in America--good post-election reading.

... rry The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson The Double by Jose Saramago Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The Rest of Her Life by Laur ...

... High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes In Hazard by Richard Hughes Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah What's for Dinner? by James Schuyler The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arn ...

... has achieved. Very readable, and despite the creepiness, it’s actually a fun adventure. I’ve been meaning to read Wide Sargasso Sea for a while now, as Jane Eyre is one of my all-time favourites. This is not because I necessarily approve of the characters’ decisions (and I do think ...

I've had a fantastic reading year! My top reads for 2008. Fiction: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Seasons of the Beento Blackbird by Akosua Busia Small Island by Andrea Levy Mosquito by Roma Te ...

By the Sea is very well-written and culturally fascinating - it's set in Zanzibar. A nudge for that. The Man Who Loved Children is on my MUST READ list for 2009.

... you wanted to read them when you bought them. I haven't read any of your pile, but I'm really looking forward to reading By the Sea some time soon, as it's been recommended recently by several LTers in the 75 group whose opinions I value - so I suppose that's a nudge.

... BLIC The Color of My words by Lynn Joseph **** The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz JAMAICA Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhyss AFRICA BOTSWANA Maru by Bessie Head CAMEROON The Amputated Memory by Werewere Liking CONGO, Republ ...

... Quite disappointing. I listened to an interview with the author who said she was influenced by Jean Rhys who wrote Wide Sargasso Sea- the book I hated last month. What a coincidence! Also completed Cloud Atlas which was beautiful and haunting.

... Quite disappointing. I listened to an interview with the author who said she was influenced by Jean Rhys who wrote Wide Sargasso Sea- the book I hated last month. What a coincidence! Also completed Cloud Atlas which was beautiful and haunting.

... Quite disappointing. I listened to an interview with the author who said she was influenced by Jean Rhys who wrote Wide Sargasso Sea- the book I hated last month. What a coincidence! Also completed Cloud Atlas which was beautiful and haunting.

... Quite disappointing. I listened to an interview with the author who said she was influenced by Jean Rhys who wrote Wide Sargasso Sea- the book I hated last month. What a coincidence! Also completed Cloud Atlas which was beautiful and haunting.

... Quite disappointing. I listened to an interview with the author who said she was influenced by Jean Rhys who wrote Wide Sargasso Sea- the book I hated last month. What a coincidence! Also completed Cloud Atlas which was beautiful and haunting.

... ce RIGHT COLUMN Waiting for the Barbarians **** The Sorrow of Belgium Say You're One of Them The Lost Dog By the Sea Apples and Oranges Brideshead Revisited* The Forger's Spell Bridge of Sighs The Pillars of the Earth I Shall Bear Witness ** To the Bitter End ...

#38, I concur about Wide Sargasso Sea about the concept being interesting, but...I found it needlessly "related" to Jane Eyre. Working through The Floating Opera by John Barth; I'm Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti; Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson this weekend and plan ...

... of the dialogue. Gave up on Robinson Crusoe which was not nearly as entertaining in comparison. Did not enjoy Wide Sargasso Sea. The concept was interesting but it was too heavy and forced The Reluctant Fundamentalist was definitely worth a read as an unsettling page-turner. ...

Welcome to the group! Oh, sounds like your reaction to Wide Sargasso Sea was similar to mine, although I liked the novel for itself. However, I found it annoying to see how Rhys bent history to make it fit her purposes for Jane Eyre. On the other hand, I liked the writing enough that I will ...

... The Outsider - Albert Camus 3. A Room of Ones Own - Virginia Woolf - Read 4. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad 5. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys 6. Waldon; or Life in the Woods - Henry David Thoreau 7. Silent Spring - Rachel Carson 8. A Vindication of the Rights of Women - Mary Wo ...

#292, #294, I recently read By the Sea, thanks to avaland, and loved it, so I'll be looking for more by Gurnah too. And MusicMom, if you're looking for African books, I highly recommend Ngugi wa Thiong'o, both the recent, satiric Wizard of the Crow and the older, more scathingly political ...

... by Philippa Gregory. Just as juicy to read as the movie was to watch...but don't read it looking for facts. 35. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. The rest of Jane Eyre's tale--read it if you ever wondered about the mad wife in the attic. 36. Man's Search for Meaning by Vikt ...

45. Wide Sargasso Sea completed. A haunting story filled with the flavors of the Caribbean. Very nice. My Mother died October 12th so I have been busy with funeral arrangements and very distracted by grief. My reading has suffered a great deal from my inability to stay attentive, but I am not ...

... back and put in touchstones. 1. To Siberia by Per Pettersen 2. *Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o 3. *By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah 4. Goldengrove by Francine Prose 5. *The Cave Painters: Probing the Mysteries of the World's First Artists by Gregory Curtis ...

... Cunningham 4. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 5. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 6. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 7. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 8. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 9.

... adventures...). I'm starting on Sept 9/08 and planning to end Sept 9/09. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 1.Wide Sargasso Sea 2.Hideous Kinky 3.Fear and Trembling 4.Voss 5.Snow by Orhan Pamuk 6.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time By Mark Haddon 7.Co ...

Great line up of reads, Amanda. (A bit nervous about getting shouted at, especially after reading #182!!!) By the Sea going into my TBR room..... Do you have a rating system ie, highly recommended, recommended,IDMI*, NWTR** etc. *I didn't mind it **Not worth the read

... characters made it quite interesting. Although it was a jolly good read I just couldn't see it as a prize-winner. Read By The Sea instead. Recommended

There was Wide Sargasso Sea, but I didn't even know about it until after I'd read Jane Eyre. Tom Holland's The Vampyre benefits greatly from knowing something about Byron's biography (and poetry) as it retells Byron's life, with the assumption that he was a vampire, so... Oh! Burning Brig ...

Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell (fantasy, magicians) Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (a prequel to Jane Eyre from the perspective of the first Mrs. Rochester, the madwoman in the attic, though its main setting is in the Caribbean) Tiffany Trent, the Hallowmere series (similar ...

I love that sensation of slowing down to read a good book, freelunch. That's how I felt with Wide Sargasso Sea. It was a short book & I could have torn through it but I just didn't want to - I just wanted to make it last, as I did with tonight's Sugar Hit dessert as part of Good Food Month. (Oh ...

... ter Written on the Body Saturday A Pale View of Hills Slaughterhouse Five Living Watchmen The Hobbit Wide Sargasso Sea Native Son Of these, I'd have to say my favourite was Wide Sargasso Sea, with Slaughterhouse Five and A Pale View battling it out for second ...

... I try to follow up--just because there's one more book to read. Now for numbers 135 through 138 (see the notes above for Wide Sargasso Sea and Obscene in the Extreme: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene The Box Garden by Carol Shields In The Heart of the Seas by Shmuel Yosef Ag ...

Wide Sargasso Sea was not like anything I expected. Although looking back over your comments, I can see I should have. The idea of the characters were there but, of course, not there in the same sense. The woman described here is so much more complex and sympathetic than the evil specter ...

I have to say that the cover art of Wide Sargasso Sea does nothing to recommend the book to me. It looks more like a Harlequin novel than a character study. I'll give it a go after your comments and the second from flissp. Funny how important the cover art can be.

Finished Wide Sargasso Sea, nearly through The End of the Affair, and having a great time with In the Heart of the Seas by Shmuel Yosef Agnon.

jumping in on the Wide Sargasso Sea conversation, I had a difficult time with the switching back and forth of the characters and naturally because I like Rochester, I had a hard time accepting him as a nasty creep. I do agree with you prop2gether; the book is not a direct match-up with Jane Eyr ...

And number 132: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys I liked the style; I liked the story by itself; and I'm kind of annoyed about the hype and link to Jane Eyre. After reading about Rhys's rationale for writing this story (she wasn't happy with Ms. Bronte's depiction of Mr. Rochester's West India ...

#87 I had to read Wide Sargasso Sea as a college student. I liked it. I'm guessing you already know the premise.

I'll be interested in learning what your thoughts/impressions are regarding Wide Sargasso Sea.

... as always with her work, but I just never got involved or really interested in the lead character. Now I'm on to Wide Sargasso Sea, The End of the Affair, and a short novel by Carol Shields.

Finished Marya: A Life by Joyce Carol Oates, and, frankly, it was okay for me, but not great. Into Wide Sargasso Sea by Rhys and The End of the Affair by Greene.

I recently finished The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (Finland) - charming. Also By The Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Zanzibar) - culturally and historically fascinating. Currently reading Pelagia and the Black Monk by Boris Akunin - hmmm...I'm not really a mystery fan. And Buxton Spice by ...

... one has chapters that leave you wondering what the resolution to the episode was and how Marya moved on. Will go back to Wide Sargasso Sea (had to get a copy with at least 10 point type) next.

... the list, mostly because the school library that I have access to is mainly stocked with 'literary' classic novels. 4. Wide Sargasso Sea - from Library Thing, recommended when I reviewed Jane Eyre. 5. The Petty Bourgeois - for class

... from the point of view of someone who doesn't really analyse his impulses. After the imagistic beauty and the poetry of Wide Sargasso the writing a bit obvious, but I guess it's appropriate for the main character. I think Dahl deserves a medal for his short stories - they've been ...

... a patchy reception. Looking forward to reading it, with your recommendation, when it finally gets back to me! Finished Wide Sargasso, now letting it bake for a while before reading Native Son. Apparently it's a must-read on the US curriculum. Has anyone here read it? I must admit I hadn't ...

... the book itself - like in The Eyre Affair. Definitely worth a revisit sometime! wookiebender, I've managed to read Wide Sargasso without too much hindrance from the original, although it did throw me when - Mr Rochester, I guess! - he hasn't actually been named, I don't think - called An ...

I added Wide Sargasso Sea to my librarything shelf a few days ago and gave it four stars. I read it (through bookcrossing) while stuck in traffic last year while George W. Bush turned our perfectly nice city into gridlock with nine feet high fences on the streets. Bloody APEC. It's one of ...

... te The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Frankenstein* (also: gaping hole in my reading) Delta of Venus Orlando Wide Sargasso Sea American Moby Dick* (also: gaping hole in my reading) Johnny Got His Gun Bend Sinister* (also: Russian) The Crying of Lot 49 Wise Blood ...

... Freud and it was good, but not the treat for me that the others were. Currently into Memento Mori by Muriel Spark and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys.

I have a copy of Wide Sargasso Sea freelunch. It's TBR but perhaps you could pick it up in the "make me read it" relay sometime. Actually "sometime" may be approaching very fast as I've been eyeing off tqd/wookiebender's TBR list recently . . . ;-)

Miss-Owl, I knew you'd mentioned Wide Sargasso Sea in this thread previously, but I saw it somewhere else too - reviewed by someone I know through bookcrossing. My sister-in-law gave me a box of books a while ago which included WSS - I had every intention of reading it until I had to do ...

The "someone else praising Wide Sargasso Sea somewhere recently" - erm, freelunch, that wasn't me, was it? (#30) I'd help you out with a copy but mine's from our school bookroom. Just found out I got accepted to do HSC marking again, starting at the end of October. The experience and money ...

I saw someone else praising Wide Sargasso Sea somewhere recently - I'm beginning to think I shouldn't have given away my copy, unread, a few weeks ago. Tonight I'll finish at least one of the books I'm currently reading. I'm not sure yet what I want to start next so I guess I'll be back later.. ...

... or Bilbo - but I would have been happy to lend a blue pencil either way. Blasphemous? Now I can get back, guilt-free, to Wide Sargasso Sea, which I'm absolutely loving. As opposed to the Hobbit, it's a short book I wish was longer!

41. By The Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah Saleh and Latif, both Zanzi ...

... you! I love seeing how different productions of plays go (I have a bit of the dramaturg in me, I admit). I just finished The Wide Sargasso Sea, and now I'm working on The Old Curiosity Shop.

... started another book - The 39 Steps by John Buchan, and I will probably start The Pickwick Papers as soon as I finish The Wide Sargasso Sea. The Wide Sargasso Sea is taking me a bit longer than I intended, however, because I don't like the formatting (apparently it bothers me more than I ...

I loved Wide Sargasso Sea! I'm sad that Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul was taken out, though. :(

... Their friendship is never maudlin, always credible, and it made me smile, often. Recommended Lois, I'm returning to By The Sea tonight.

... through two chapters a night - I'm *determined* to finish my first Tolkien by the end of the month! Have now picked up Wide Sargasso Sea, which I've always been wanting to read. wookiebender, Already Dead would sound great if I were not so so over the Twilight thing that all the ...

I'm finishing up Jane Eyre, with The Wide Sargasso Sea following behind (although I generally don't like depressing books, so I'm plodding through a bit). And I just started The Castle of Otranto, which is really interesting.

... one of my own rules here - I'm aiming to read books by authors that I haven't read anything by before (have already read Wide Sargasso Sea), but unsure if I'll find anything else from Dominica. (Any ideas out there?) I've been dipping in and out of these old-fashioned little stories, set ...

May I second Wide Sargasso Sea and Jean Rhys in general? I was a bit disappointed by Jane Eyre when I first read it and this gave the book a whole new depth for me (although this was also aided by growing up - I first read Jane Eyre when I was 9 or 10 and I think some of it was a bit ...

... get to it. Jane Eyre is one of my favorites; an early read for me when I was in high school. Just this year I read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Ryhs which is a new take on the Eyre story, looking at her benefactor and his family before they migrated back to England. A very interesting ...

... in Italy: The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante. Then Hungary: Embers by Sandor Marai. Now I'm in England: By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah.

... if you consider the historical aspect of the book (first horror novel, ect.) Otherwise, it's hilariously bad. ** 6. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (9/11/08) I really enjoyed pieces of this book - the imagery was amazing, and my edition had several helpful footnotes that helped me ...

... so you should have no trouble fitting it in. And I found the details of her background fascinating. You can see where Wide Sargasso Sea came from. blackdogbooks: I, like your friend, am a tremendous francophile. The House in Paris is a favorite book of a friend and came ...

Hi. I'm moving Smile Please to the top of the to be read pile. I remember that you, like me, read Wide Sargasso Sea and enjoyed it. My summer is over now that the classes at the university began and students are back on campus. I won't have as much time to read.

While serving Two Years Before the Mast upon the Wide Sargasso Sea, I, Claudius, witnessed The Caine Mutiny and said Goodbye to All That.

Hi I read The Penolopiad before seeing your message. I enjoyed it because it like Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys the author spun a widely known subject and twisted it to give a different telling. But, I do agree with you that parts did seem mundane. In particular I did not ...

... for the first part) The Majesty of Spain The Penguin Guide to the Landscape of England and Wales by Paul Coones Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

... until October lasted exactly six days. I received a belated gift card, so I technically only spent $.39! I picked up: Wide Sargasso Sea Shogun The Mystery of Spain

... in my mailbox. I was already heading to a store close to the bookstore, so...oh, the temptation! I picked up: Shogun Wide Sargasso Sea The Majesty of Spain And, as usual, I came away with a list of books to find next time.

I just read Wide Sargasso Sea for the first time this year too and thought she was a great, and neglected writer. I went on the hunt to find more stories. I've got her autobiography Smile Please in the reading pile. Seems an interesting character herself. 28 july 2008 (book 49) A Far ...

... Sigh. I just wasn't into it. I read it while I had a cold and I just didn't give a damn. I'll try again later. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Well...I gotta say...I've wanted to read this for nearly ten years. I finally got around to it. Well...now that that's done...I must ...

Two years before the Mast The Waves lost at Sea Typhoon Kon-Tiki Wide Sargasso Sea The Sailor who fell out of Grace from the Sea The Tempest The Odyssey Moby Dick The Shipping News The open boat shipwrecked mutiny on the bounty

... which is fine, though she does tend to sap the passion out of it a bit. My daughter loved it, though. Recently bought Wide Sargasso Sea and hope to read it this summer.

Ooooohhhh, I loved Wide Sargasso Sea when I read it in college and even more when I re-read it a few years later. Wonderful twist on a classic, and the writing is superb. My most recent descendant of Jane Eyre was The Thirteenth Tale which I enjoyed immensely and recently reviewed in

... To Kill A Mockingbird, and Little Women) that I seem to read once a year, if not more often. I've heard about Wide Sargasso Sea, but haven't read it. A friend of mine did read it and told me that if you like Rochester (which I do and she does not), it might not be as enjoyable. I'm ...

The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway How to breathe underwater by Julie Orringer The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

... Birth Marks by Sarah Dunant (Apr) Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker (Jun) Up next: Undecided 7 - REREADS Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Jan) Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip (Feb) Chocolat by Joanne Harris (Feb) Up next: Undecided 8 - BORROWED BOOKS Holes by ...

Jane Eyre is also a favorite of mine; one of my first reads ever. Another suggestion is Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys which is an examination of Mr. Rochester and his crazy wife and the family before they meet Jane, a speculative look at how they got to be the way they are. Wonderful writing, ...

... theme the teacher chose contemporary takes on Victorian England. We read Byatt's Angels and Insects (a little gross), Wide Sargasso Sea (I read it before I read Jane Eyre, but couldn't really get into it--dunno why), Zadie Smith's White Teeth (objectively I thought it was very good and I ...

... I've read so far: 1. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy 2. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Phillip K. Dick 3. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys 4. Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin 5. In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje 6. The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje 7. Paradise ...

... read so far: 1. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 2. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick 3. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 4. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin 5. In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje 6. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 7. Para ...

... all-time favorite books and I read it every year, each time liking it more and more. For those of you who have not read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, you might want to do so. It is quite a fascinating spin of Rochester and Bertha (the crazy wife in the attic.) This is a story told about B ...

I am reading The Bonfire of the Vanities which is starting to be enjoyable. An easy read. #81 - I agree with you re: Wide Sargasso Sea; I read it recently and was disappointed.

... tough time relating to the characters. Mostly, it was just depressing, but the plot concept was very original. Finished Wide Sargasso Sea. I picked this up because I really liked Jane Eyre and wanted to hear the story about the mad woman in the attic. News flash: Jean Rhys is no Charlotte ...

... this humanized him too much, even if the dialogue and motives of the characters were all conjecture. Decided to put away Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. I really thought I could finish it, it's such a short book, but I found it almost suffocating. I know that was the point but it just ...

I really liked Wide Sargasso Sea. Keeping with the Victorian theme, how about Shirley by Charlotte Bronte?

I've read Alias Grace. How about another one about a troubled woman who falls victim to her Victorian circumstances: Wide Sargasso Sea?

... books from the 1001 list in other categories. They are: Jane Eyre, Bleak House, Family Matters, Middlemarch, Wide Sargasso Sea, Silk, and The Heat of the Day.

... Lively – 215 pgs. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë – 493 pgs. Dragonworld by Byron Preiss – 545 pgs. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys – 112 pgs. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley – 216 pgs. Atonement by Ian McEwan – 351 pgs. Antrax by Terry Brooks †...

... about a period way before their own lifetime. 19th C writers writing about the 19th century don't count. So, for example, Wide Sargasso Sea counts as a historical novel, while Jane Eyre doesn't. This is my categorisation only - just intended to make it a bit easier for anyone who wants to ...

... I have read Ahab's Wife, which is by a different Author to Ahab's Bride ! I think Ahab's Wife is more like Wide Sargasso Sea, where it is novel based on a minor character in an orginal novel, or in the case of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead a minor character in a Shakespea ...

... the essay's in this one. Two that spring to mind are American Psycho and Lolita. I went the other way around with Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre in that order and enjoyed both. And if I read a book or author I particularly enjoy but haven't come across before it nearly always ...

>4 Wide Sargasso Sea is on my mental 'to buy' list, blame Jasper Fforde for that one as well. but I'd better read Jane Eyre first :-) >5 I do they 'buy (or read) everything by that Author as well'. I read the sequel to Gone with the Wind (whose name I can't remember) and that made ...

It's not a totally new phenomenon. Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea, published in 1966, is a prequel to Jane Eyre, some 120 years its senior. I haven't read either.

How Big Is It? by Ben Hillman The Shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky A Treasury of Little golden Books by Ellen L. Buell

Wide Sargasso Sea - I reviewed this over at the Girlybooks thread for May: http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=35488 The Looking Glass, by Michele Roberts. This was quite an enjoyable read. It follows the life of an orphan-turned-domestic servant in early 20th century Normandy, ...

I loved Wide Sargasso Sea and came to it because it was on one of my 100 best lists. So, I didn't seek the book out and hadn't read any of Rhys other stories, though I plan to now. It's sort of a prequel to Jane Eyre but it's really more of a look at Mr. Rochester and his wife and what ...

I have the Norton Critical Edition of Wide Sargasso Sea, which has tons of notes and extra information, including quite a bit on this exact subject. At the time Jane Eyre was written, the word Creole meant a European person who was born in the Caribbean. It was also used for the offspring of ...

For this challenge, I selected Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys. FannyPrice already did an excellent job of covering this book in the March theme on social class, and elsewhere at LT, so I will try to be brief and not steal her ideas. I imagine that most people who are interested in this novel ...

... tip on Blaze. I read through the blurb on Amazon and it looks like I would enjoy that as well. Would you recommend Wide Sargasso Sea? I understand it's supposed to be a prequel to Jane Eyre (one of the my all-time favorites). Also, what's your opinion of Shopgirl re: book vs. ...

25. Dominica:Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys Dominica is so tiny, the red doesn't really appear on the map unless you have eagle eyes. I will write about this book over at the Girly Books group.

I was in Jamaica, and I'm currently in Dominica during my sail across the Wide Sargasso Sea. I expect to be taken to England before the journey ends.

I've packed my bags and left Middlemarch, and I've now set sail on the Wide Sargasso Sea. At only 111 pages, it will be a quick journey.

Decided to put away Wide Sargasso Sea. I really thought I could finish it, it's such a short book, but I found it almost suffocating. I know that was the point but it just wasn't for me. It probably also didn't help that I knew how it was going to end, having read Jane Eyre finally last year.

I'm giving up on Wide Sargasso Sea. Way too oppressing for me, and it probably doesn't help that I already know how it ends. I will say that Jean Rhys was one skilled writer, the way she made the lush Caribbean seem as oppressive as any English gothic setting. This was a paper copy, I wonder ...

... Buzbee. Oh, and while I'm at it, is it too late to say I couldn't take Slaughter-House Five either or that I loved Wide Sargasso Sea? ;)

Booksloth--- Fabulous insights into Rochester. Personally, I hate him, and I haven't even read Wide Sargasso Sea (it's up next). I hated him when I first read the book, and again when I studied it at university. He's arrogant and selfish. And I think everything you say is true. So there, take ...

Booksloth - have you read Wide Sargasso Sea? Our Mr Rochester is not quite the victim that Jane Eyre makes him out to be! (Although my tutor at uni had to tell me off for blaming Charlotte Bronte for what Jean Rhys wrote subsequently. It was a fair cop.) Has anyone mentioned Uriah Heep yet?

... ultimately wasted. #39, Whisper1, I noticed you also read it and almost posted to your thread. But, in answer, I loved Wide Sargasso Sea. The concept, for me was great, especially because I loved Jane Eyre. The prequel nature of analyzing the Rochesters and their difficulties was very ...

43. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. 1001. The story of the "mad woman in the attic" in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. The novel switches perspectives twice, giving the reader an interesting contrast between Rochester's anger and Antoinette's feelings of abandonment.

... Sun, & Mrs. Dalloway. I agree with all your comments about these books too. I also have Orlando, Cloud Atlas & Wide Sargasso Sea in my TBR pile. I'll have to keep an eye on your library to see what you like and what you're reading next.

Progress in May 16. Never Let Me Go 17. West With the Night 18. Middlemarch 19. Lucky Man 20. Wide Sargasso Sea 21. The Looking Glass 22. A Recipe for Bees 23. Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast 24. Silk 25. The Water-babies

... in the same world as The Blue Sword which I now really want to read again though I just read it last year). Now reading Wide Sargasso Sea which is less of a chore than I thought it would be. It's amazing how such a lush and tropical setting can also be made to feel so uninviting. I'd ...

Cape Fear Gift From the Sea Taming a Seahorse Wide Sargasso Sea On Chesil Beach Sea Change by Robert B. Parker All Rivers Run to the Sea And the Sea is Never Full

... and Practice, by Christopher Hitchens 31. Middlemarch, by George Eliot 32. Lucky Man, by Michael J. Fox 33. Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys 34. The Looking Glass, by Michele Roberts 35. A Recipe for Bees, by Gail Anderson-Dargatz 36. Bachelor Brothers' Bed and ...

>56, Nickelini - I think Wide Sargasso Sea is such a rich book it could be used for almost any of our theme reads! I'm sure you will have no trouble looking at it from this angle - I think it almost works better in this context. ETA: Are we going to continue the trend of having a separate ...

Whew! It's May 1, and I finally found a book for this challenge. O the stress. Anyway, I'm going to read Wide Sargasso Sea. I thought it was a good choice, because I studied Jane Eyre a few months ago. I know FannyPrice did this novel in March for our Social Class theme, and she said it all, ...

#77 is Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, which was very interesting, and makes me want to re-read Jane Eyre. Plus I got the critical edition from the library, so I could indulge my inner lit-dork! #78 is Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell, a mystery set in Sweden. Honestly, it didn't ...

I finished Wide Sargasso Sea -- very lush, but I was a wee bit disappointed. Just started The House at Riverton by Kate Morton which I think was a LT person's recommendation. (touchstone not working)

... Dusk for Rick Kleffel's Agony Column here: http://www.trashotron.com/agony/reviews/2006/lebbon-dusk.htm. #52jhowell, Wide Sargasso Sea is a haunting novel. I hope you like it as much as I did. It's the rare prequel or sequel to a classic that's worth the paper it's written on, but this ...

... I recently read The Great GAtsby for the first time as well -- overrated, IMHO. Just read Villette and now reading Wide Sargasso Sea

I finished Villette by Charlotte Bronte yesterday -- uneven and depressing, but overall good. I am now reading Wide Sargasso Sea finally -- it has been on my TBR list/pile forever!

I read the Wide Sargasso Sea over the weekend. A very good, fast read. Also, a little way into Treasure Island. Quite readable so far.

... (I've read several people who say that Timequake isn't one of his best)... Do you have any thoughts? ...and isn't Wide Sargasso Sea a great book? Have you read anthing else by Jean Rhys, because Good Morning, Midnight is also very good (if even more depressing...)

... (SOMEHOW) Nothing 8 - AUTOBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR Have You Found Her by Janice Erlbaum (Jan) 9 - REREADS Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (Jan) Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip (Feb) Chocolat by Joanne Harris (Feb) 10 - BORROWED BOOKS Holes by Louis Sac ...

... Dreams by Alan Lightman Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry Change Your Heart Change Your Life by Gary Smalley Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg Dune by Frank Herbert Shopgirl by Steve Martin The Fair Tax Book by Neal Boortz and John Linder ...

... Dreams by Alan Lightman Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry Change Your Heart Change Your Life by Gary Smalley Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg Dune by Frank Herbert Shopgirl by Steve Martin The Fair Tax Book by Neal Boortz and John Linder ...

... and Freedom Cora sandel 11. The Rendezvous and other stories Daphne Du Maurier 12. Alberta alone Cora Sandel 13. Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys 14. Something Might Happen Julie Myerson 15. My Place Sally Morgan 16. Falling Angels Tracy Chevalier 17. The Pavilion on the Links R ...

#48 I agree that Wide Sargasso Sea has staying power, and I was thinking more along the lines of these Pride and Prejudice sagas that seem to be clogging up the shelf space today. However, I personally dislike any continuation of a classic novel. It may be basic snobbery on my part, or ...

... interest in reading those or everyone has already read them (including me - since I posted, I've finished Ex Libris and Wide Sargasso Sea and have started The Book Thief and The Yacoubian Building!). It was just a jumping off point & the group seems to have no shortage of great ...

... of a Lady – 1 The Secret River – 1 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan -1 Swann’s Way -1 Villette – 1 Wide Sargasso Sea -1 The Yacoubian Building – 1

Well, I've finally come back to this thread. I've made a bit of progress, I guess. Dominican Republic Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys (F) Review Jean Rhys occupies kind of a hybrid position, as the ...

... to the fact that Rhys' book has already sort of been canonized and these lesser sequels have not been. ---------- Wide Sargasso Sea is not at all in the category of "rip off" -- it is a literary work that stands on its own, as you've explained perfectly. I'd like to add one more point. ...

>47, quillmenow - First, I just have to say, your username is awesome! Second of all, interesting post. I just finished Wide Sargasso Sea and while I enjoyed it very much, I had a really hard time reviewing it because I had to think to myself that this was a different author's take on the ...

I'm a huge Jane Eyre fan, and I find books like Adele and Wide Sargasso Sea to take away from the novel itself, since it changes one person's perception of a character that was until then in a well-established novel, and there in itself is its own success story. Many books go out of ...

That was really interesting, fannyprice, thank you for writing it. I'll have to put Wild Sargasso Sea on my to-read list!

I just finished Wide Sargasso Sea, which I thought was a fascinating look at a number of divisions - class, race, gender, location, etc. While I guess I would say that the primary division that gets addressed is the one of race/location (i.e., the colonies or Britain), there are some interesting ...

... whole thing did not sit well with me. My appreciation of Jane Eyre is now complicated by the fact that I've just read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, which makes me dislike the characters of the Bronte's novel even more. Even though that's kind of not fair. :)

... by Stef Penney (9), Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel by Lisa See (14), The book thief by Markus Zusak (15), Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (13), The secret river by Kate Grenville (9)

... by Stef Penney (9), Snow flower and the secret fan : a novel by Lisa See (14), The book thief by Markus Zusak (15), Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (13), The secret river by Kate Grenville (9)

Wide Sargasso Sea?

Okay, another one came to me. The Wide Sargasso Sea is supposed to be a prequel to Jane Eyre.

Thanks for the commiserations Trish! 13 march 2008 (book 18) Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys I loved this! Having just read Jane Eyre for the first time this year it's all still fresh. The writing is beautiful and I love the little Bloomsbury Classics! I can't wait to read more by ...

Wide Sargasso Sea is a book I've been meaning to read for a couple of years, but always gets shunted to the back of my reading list. Thanks for your insight, hopefully I'll get down to reading it this year.

... and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan. Now I am getting around to some fiction - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Just needed something to get my interest up again, I guess. And to get off the computer and stop playing ridiculous games, even if ...

... ://www.librarything.com/work/3720689/reviews/25436995">Review (12) Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger (F) (13) Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys (F) (finished the novel, will be dipping into the critical essays in the Norton Critical Edition for a while, so its still listed as "in ...

... ://www.librarything.com/work/3720689/reviews/25436995">Review (14) Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger (F) (15) Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys (F) Review Catwings - Ursula K. Le Guin - not counting ...

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