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After Leaving Mr Mackenzie

By Jean Rhys
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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After Leaving Mr Mackenzie by Jean Rhys follows the story of Julia Martin, an emotionally and financially struggling woman in interwar Paris. After being left by her lover, Mr Mackenzie, she navigates a life of solitude and faces the complexities of her relationships, both past and present, with a poignant exploration of longing, survival, and the human condition.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to emotionally rich character studies and tales of personal struggle and resilience. Set in the backdrop of interwar Europe, it follows a woman's journey through heartbreak and disillusionment, offering a poignant exploration of identity and survival.

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After Leaving Mr Mackenzie

Julia Martin is at the end of her rope in Paris. Once beautiful, she was taken care of by men. Now after leaving her lover, she is running out of luck. A visit to London to see her ailing mother and distrustful sister bring her stark life into full focus.

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A brilliant, yet brutal, portrait of a woman struggling to retrieve both life and love.

For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian hotel on an allowance from her ex-lover, Mr Mackenzie. When his cheques stop, Julia decides to leave France and return to London. The tale of her ten-day visit contains some of Jean Rhys's most sensitive, poignant writing.

Past her prime, exhausted by broken love affairs and addled by drink, Julia is tragically unable to find what she really wants—love.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Jean Rhys has crafted a novel noted for its unique and intrinsic excellence, as highlighted by Saturday Review of Literature. Christine Pountney from Guardian praises Rhys for her perceptive insight into human nature and her courage to write about what others overlook.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141183947

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 August 2000

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Lorna Sage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 135g

Pages: 176

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Fiction General Fiction Jean Rhys Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Jean Rhys was born in Dominica in 1894. After arriving in England aged sixteen, she became a chorus girl and drifted between different jobs before moving to Paris, where she started to write in the late 1920s. She published a story collection and four novels, after which she disappeared from view and lived reclusively for many years. In 1966 she made a sensational comeback with her masterpiece, Wide Sargasso Sea, written in difficult circumstances over a long period. Rhys died in 1979.

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