BBC Radio 4 Extra

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea: Episode 6

Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea

Episode 6

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea, Episode 6

An urgent letter to Rochester casts doubt on his wife's character. Prequel to Jane Eyre.

An urgent letter to Rochester casts doubt on his wife's character. Prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre read by Adam Godley.

Antoinette and Rochester's intense love affair on the beguiling Caribbean island of Dominica is threatened by rumour and betrayal...

Jean Rhys's most famous novel tracing the early life of the first Mrs Rochester from Jane Eyre.

Read by Adam Godley. 

Abridged by Margaret Busby.

Producer: Claire Grove 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama

Your digital radio entertainment station showcasing the best in comedy and drama. With recent favourites from BBC Radio 4.

Drama: Classic & Period

Adjoa Andoh reads Jean Rhys's prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea

Episode 6

Genres

Series

BBC Radio 4 Extra

About BBC Radio 4 Extra