Discovered still alive in the 1950s in a squalid cottage in Devon, her second writing career culminated in her autobiography Smile Please. Her characters include Julia Martin, who talks to herself in a hotel; Anna Morgan, who aborts Walter Jeffries's baby; and Marya, who has an affair with the art dealer Heidler. These figures appear in After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, Voyage in the Dark, and Quartet, written after her affair with Ford Maddox Ford. Her fame depends on the character Antoinette Cosway, who takes the name Bertha Mason as the wife of Edward Rochester. For 10 p
Discovered still alive in the 1950s in a squalid cottage in Devon, her second writing career culminated in her autobiography Smile Please. Her characters include Julia Martin, who talks to herself in a hotel; Anna Morgan, who aborts Walter Jeffries's baby; and Marya, who has an affair with the art dealer Heidler. These figures appear in After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, Voyage in the Dark, and Quartet, written after her affair with Ford Maddox Ford. Her fame depends on the character Antoinette Cosway, who takes the name Bertha Mason as the wife of Edward Rochester. For 10 points, name this author of Wide Sargasso Sea.
Discovered still alive in the 1950s in a squalid cottage in Devon, her second writing career culminated in her autobiography Smile Please.
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