I plugged these two novels together mostly because they both have "sea" in the title despite "sea" not necessarily being a big player in either.
They were written by different people in different times. Jean Rhys was born in 1890 as a white Dominican. John Banville was born 55 years later in Ireland.
Wide Sargasso Sea was a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, which was written 90 years earlier by a woman born in Yorkshire, England. I really need to read Jane Eyre now.
I also combine these two novels because they were really hard to understand and keep up with. The Sea jumps from the narrator's youth, the death of his wife and his currrent situation. Wide Sargasso Sea goes from the narrator's youth to her time at being married and introducing new characters left and right. It's good thing it's a prequal to Jane Eyre because it's as confusing as a 19th century novel.
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