Jean Rhys
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Jean Rhys (24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she was mainly resident in England, where she was sent for her education. She is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
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Selected bibliography
- The Left Bank and Other Stories, 1927
- Postures, novel, 1928 (published in the US as Quartet, 1929)
- After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, novel, 1931
- Voyage in the Dark, novel, 1934
- Good Morning, Midnight, novel, 1939
- Wide Sargasso Sea, novel, 1966
- Tigers Are Better-Looking: With a Selection from 'The Left Bank' , stories, 1968
- Penguin Modern Stories 1 (with Bernard Malamud, David Plante, and William Sansom), 1969
- My Day: Three Pieces, stories, 1975
- Sleep It Off Lady, stories, 1976
- Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography, 1979
- Jean Rhys: Letters 1931–1966, 1984
- Early Novels, 1984
- The Complete Novels, 1985
- Tales of the Wide Caribbean, stories, 1985
- The Collected Short Stories, 1987
- Let Them Call It Jazz, stories, 1995
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