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There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.

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All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the person.

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I took the red dress down and put it against myself. 'Does it make me look intemperate and unchaste?' I said.

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Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys

Born: August 24, 1890
Died: May 14, 1979 (aged 88)
Bio: Jean Rhys, born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams, was a mid-20th-century novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica, though she was mainly resident in England from the age of 16.
Known for:
  1. Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
  2. Good Morning, Midnight (1939)
  3. Voyage in the Dark (1934)
  4. After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (1930)
  5. Smile please (1979)
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  • sorts
  • people
  • dress
  • feel
  • cry

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