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A Book at Bedtime: Wide Sargasso Sea: 1

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Jean Rhys, abridged for radio in ten parts by Donald Bancroft
Read by Ian Holm and Jane Lapotaire

One of the most enigmatic 'villainesses' of English literature is the first
Mrs Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. What happened in the early stages of her life? What turned her from a beautiful young girl into the crazed woman locked in an attic in Thornfield Hall? This much-acclaimed novel is an imaginative reconstruction of her story.

Read by Jane Lapotaire

Contributors

Author:
Jean Rhys
Abrdiged by:
Donald Bancroft
Reader:
Jane Lapotaire
Producer:
Cherry Cookson
Source: Radio Times

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