The book was published in 1966, almost 120 years after the initial publication of Jane Eyre.
The Wide Sargasso Sea is a postcolonial novel and prequel (or simply a response) to Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Jane Eyre. The book was published in 1966, almost 120 years after the initial publication of Jane Eyre. It would be good to read Brontë’s novel first since they share most characters and storylines.