"Reading such stories as a group . . . can be overwhelming. Yet it is precisely this intense immersion in experience that is the essence of Rhys' art. The force of her stories lies in the fusion of elegant prose with an uncanny penetration of the darker reaches of the soul."—Washington Post Book World
Jean Rhys was one of the twentieth century's foremost writers, a literary artist who made exqusite use of the raw material of her own often turbulent life to create fiction of memorable resonance and poignancy. Here for the first time in one volume are her complete stories.
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Jean Rhys is the author of Wide Sargasso Sea and other novels.
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Drawing from mundane incidents, Rhys's stories are told with a tone that is unsentamental and often detached. Yet her eye for detail, and in particular, character is unmatched. From everyday events she is able to create striking and realistic character portraits as witnessed in among others "Tout Mountparnasse and a Lady," where the "lady" is to be both pitied and despised. While her stories and characters are often filled with a sense of crushing despair ("Sleep in Off Lady" is particularly depressing), I also felt that her sense of humor (though often dark) is much more evident here than in her novels. In short, a great introduction to an underappreciated author.
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Superb writing by a neglected master,
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Despite Rhys' near-constant theme of the "kept" woman who is now too old and paying her dues, she was a fabulous writer with a wonderful way of describing a woman's feelings. Highly recommended to anyone interested in great women writers of the last century.
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This writer ought to be read by a vast audience. Her stories are gripping accounts of lives lived on the edge of sanity or reason. The story "Let Them Call It Jazz" is worth the price alone. Read it and weep.
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She always wore a neat serge dress in the summer and a neat tweed costume in the winter, brown shoes with low heels and cotton stockings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Spearman, Miss Verney, Madame Tavernier, West Indies, Baron Mumtael, Miss Bruce, Apple Tree, Madame Joseph, Miss Born, Miss Lambton, Spanish Castle, Torrington Square, Aunt Clare, Good Lord, West Indian, Miss Rode, Mother Mount Calvary, Papa Dom, Temps Perdi, Captain Roper, Carib Quarter, Jimmy Longa, Miss Dufreyne, Mon Dieu, Nothing So Blue New!
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She always wore a neat serge dress in the summer and a neat tweed costume in the winter, brown shoes with low heels and cotton stockings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Spearman, Miss Verney, Madame Tavernier, West Indies, Baron Mumtael, Miss Bruce, Apple Tree, Madame Joseph, Miss Born, Miss Lambton, Spanish Castle, Torrington Square, Aunt Clare, Good Lord, West Indian, Miss Rode, Mother Mount Calvary, Papa Dom, Temps Perdi, Captain Roper, Carib Quarter, Jimmy Longa, Miss Dufreyne, Mon Dieu, Nothing So Blue New!
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- Voyage in the Dark (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Jean Rhys in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel by Jean Rhys in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Jean Rhys in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume II: Paradise Regain'd, Samson Agonistes, Poems Upon Several Occasions, both English and Latin (Oxford Scholarly Classics) by John Milton on page 155
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- Jean Rhys (Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature) by Elaine Savory on 4 pages
- Jean Rhys's Historical Imagination: Reading and Writing the Creole by Veronica Marie Gregg on 4 pages
- Making Men: Gender, Literary Authority, and Women’s Writing in Caribbean Narrative by Belinda Edmondson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Landscape And Empire, 1770-2000 by Glenn Hooper on page 122, and Back Matter
- Sacred Possessions: Vodou, SanterĪa, Obeah, and the Caribbean by Margarite Fernandez Olmos on page 229, and Back Matter
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