Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography

First UK edition

Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography is a posthumously published, unfinished autobiographical work written by Dominican author Jean Rhys. It was first published in 1979 by Andre Deutsch Ltd (London) and Harper & Rowe (New York City).[1] The book was edited by and contained an introduction by Rhys's editor, Diana Athill.

The first part of the book consists of the account of her childhood in Dominica. The second part of the book consists of drafts about her adult life, ending in 1923.[2] A photographic section divides the two parts.

References

  1. ^ Rhys, Jean (1979). Smile please an unfinished autobiography. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-233-97213-8. OCLC 251693527.
  2. ^ Athill, Diana: Jean Rhys and her autobiography: A Foreword by Diana Athill. Published in Jean Rhys:Smile Please (1979)

Further reading

  • Angier, Carol, Jean Rhys. Life and Work, Little, Brown and Co., 1990
  • Pizzichini, Lilian The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys, W. W. Norton & Company, 2009