Wide Sargasso Sea

Based on Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an arranged marriage.

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  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Four
  • Duration: 1'23'45''
  • Broadcast date: 2006
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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