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“To become so possessed by a character you begin to play the part. A sort of Method Acting that is also a conjuring up. Jean Rhys POSSESSED by Bertha, who she first calls Antoinette Cosway. In the novel Rhys unravels what led to her being renamed, being destroyed, going mad, madness in her novel as the death of self.”

Feminism Madness Feminist Quotes Jean Rhys Wide Sargasso Sea

Book:Heroines

Source: Heroines

“I thought if I told no one it might not be true.”

Reality Truth Secret True Tell Wide Sargasso Sea

Book:Wide Sargasso Sea

Source: Wide Sargasso Sea

“I prayed, but the words fell to the ground meaning nothing.”

God Spirituality Prayer Jane Eyre Jean Rhys Wide Sargasso Sea

Book:Wide Sargasso Sea

Source: Wide Sargasso Sea

“Our garden was large and beautiful as that garden in the Bible – the tree of life grew there. But it had gone wild. The paths were overgrown and a smell of dead flowers mixed with the fresh living smell. Underneath the tree ferns, tall as forest tree ferns, the light was green.”

Garden Rhys Wide Sargasso Sea

Author:Jean Rhys