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The letters of Jean Rhys [Jane Rhys Letters, 1931-1966] by Rhys, Jean. ; Wyndham, Francis. ; Melly, Diana - 1984

by Rhys, Jean. ; Wyndham, Francis. ; Melly, Diana

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The letters of Jean Rhys [Jane Rhys Letters, 1931-1966]

by Rhys, Jean. ; Wyndham, Francis. ; Melly, Diana

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New York, NY : Viking, 1984, 1984. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st American ed. ; 315 pages ; 24 cm ; ISBN: 0670427268; 9780670427260 LCCN: 83-40244 ; LC: PR6035.H96; Dewey: 823/.912; B ; OCLC: 10751664 ; "Elisabeth Sifton books." ; Contents: Leslie (1931-1945) -- Max (1946-1950) -- Maryvonne (1951-1956) -- Selma (1956-1960) -- Cheriton Fitz Paine (1960-1963) -- Wide Sargasso Sea (1964-1966). ; selected and edited by Francis Wyndham and Diana Melly. ; Writer Jean Rhys was born in Roseau, Dominica, West Indies. Her father was a Welsh doctor and her mother was a Dominican Creole. Her heritage deeply influenced her life as well as her writing. At seventeen, her father sent her to England to attend the Perse School, Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Unfortunately, she was forced to abandon her studies when her father died. Rhys worked as a chorus girl and ghostwrote a book on furniture. During World War I, she volunteered in a soldier canteen and, in 1918, worked in a pension office. In 1919, she went to Holland and married the French-Dutch journalist and songwriter Jean Langlet. They had two children, a daughter and a son who died as an infant. She began writing under the patronage of Ford Madox Ford. Her husband was sentenced to prison for illegal financial transactions. Her affair ended badly with Ford, and her marriage ended in divorce. In 1934, she married Leslie Tilden Smith who died in 1945. Two years later, she married Max Hamer who died in 1966. Rhys lived many years in the West Country, most often in great poverty. In 1927, Rhys' first collection of stories, "The Left Bank and Other Stories," was published. Her first novel, "Quartet" (1928), is considered to be an account of her affair with Ford Madox Ford told through Marya, a young English woman. In "Voyage in the Dark" (1934), the character is a young chorus girl involved with an older lover. She has also written "Good Morning, Midnight" (1939) and "Sleep It Off Lady" (1976) and the internationally acclaimed "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1960). Rhys was made a CBE in 1978 and received the W.H. Smith Award, the Royal Society of Literature Award and an Arts Council Bursart. Rhys died on May 14, 1979 in Exeter. In the same year, her unfinished autobiography "Smile Please" appeared. ; FAIR/FAIR.
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  • Keywords Rhys, Jean -- Correspondence. Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence. Beckenham believe Bude cheered Cheriton Fitz Paine cold Cornwall course Crediton dark dear Maryvonne Dear Mr Wyndham dear Selma Deutsch Diana Athill Dominica Evelyn Scott

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