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Tensions escalate among the former slaves on a Caribbean island. Prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, read by Adjoa Andoh.

Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway grows up on a beguiling Caribbean island where tensions escalate between her family and former slaves.

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

Read by Adjoa Andoh and Adam Godley.

Abridged by Margaret Busby

Producer: Claire Grove

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in May 2004.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 3 Sep 2019 02:00

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