Wide Sargasso Sea

Plot Summary

In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.

Top Cast

Karina Lombard Antoinette Cosway

Nathaniel Parker Edward Rochester

Rachel Ward Annette Cosway

Michael York Paul Mason

Martine Beswick Aunt Cora