Quote by Jean Rhys: “All of my books are one book. They are all bits of the same story.”

Rhys suggests that her entire body of work is interconnected, exploring recurring themes and fragmented aspects of a larger, singular narrative, often centered on female experience and displacement.

In the later part of her career, as her work gained critical acclaim, Rhys often reflected on the continuity of themes and characters across her novels, revealing a deeply personal and consistent artistic vision.

Dominican-born British novelist whose 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea reimagined Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre from the perspective of the Creole first wife, Bertha Mason. Her work is considered a landmark of postcolonial and feminist literature.