As imagined by Jean Rhys, the villainous madwoman in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre becomes an innocent, born into two cultures but belonging to none. The exotic Caribbean confounds young Englishman Edward Rochester when he arrives in 1830s Jamaica to pursue his fortune. Nevertheless, he finds nothing to fear in beautiful Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway. She eagerly succumbs to his courtship, entrusting him with her dowry and her destiny. In the intoxicating surroundings of their honeymoon house ...
