Good Morning, Midnight (Rhys novel)
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For the 2004 novel by Reginald Hill, see Good Morning, Midnight (Hill novel). For the 2016 novel by Lily Brooks-Dalton, see Good Morning, Midnight (Brooks-Dalton novel).
Good Morning, Midnight is a 1939 modernist novel by the author Jean Rhys. Often considered a continuation of Rhys' three other early novels, Quartet (1928), After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (1931) and Voyage in the Dark (1934), it is experimental in design and deals with a woman's feelings of vulnerability, depression, loneliness and desperation during the years between the two World Wars.
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Author | Jean Rhys |
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Country | UK |
Language | English |
Genre | Modernism |
Published | 1939 (Constable) |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
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The book initially sold poorly—critics thought it well written, but too depressing—and after its publication Rhys spent a decade living in obscurity. It was not until it was adapted by Selma Vaz Dias into a radio play, first broadcast by the BBC in 1957, that Rhys was once again put into the spotlight.