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Book at Bedtime: Wide Sargasso Sea

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1/10. Marking 25 years since the death of Jean Rhys Adjoa Andoh and Adam Godley read her most famous novel, which traces the early life of the first
Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre. Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway grows up on a beguiling Caribbean island where tensions escalate between her family and former slaves. Abridged by Margaret Busby. Producer Claire Grove See also Afternoon Play: Miracle Postponed on Fnday at 2.15pm

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Jean Rhys
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Adjoa Andoh
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Adam Godley
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Mrs Rochester
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Jane Eyre.
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Antoinette Cosway
Abridged By:
Margaret Busby.
Source: Radio Times

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