Quote by Jean Rhys: “I would like to write about the West Indies, for I am a West Indian.”

Rhys expresses her deep desire to represent her Caribbean heritage and homeland in her writing, asserting her identity and artistic purpose to tell stories rooted in her own experience.

After a period of obscurity, Rhys was regaining recognition. This statement reflects her renewed focus on her Caribbean roots, leading to her most famous novel, 'Wide Sargasso Sea,' which re-examined colonial narratives.

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.