Editing Jean Rhys (section)

==Legacy and honours==
In an appreciation in the ''[[The New York Times Book Review|New York Times Book Review]]'' in  1974, [[Al Alvarez|A. Alvarez]] called Jean Rhys “quite simply, the best living English novelist".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alvarez |first=A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/17/archives/the-best-living-english-novelist.html |title=The Best Living English Novelist |date=17 March 1974 |work=The New York Times |access-date=14 March 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Jean Rhys was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the [[1978 New Year Honours]].

Australian filmmaker [[John Duigan]] directed a 1993 erotic drama, ''Wide Sargasso Sea'',<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108565/ "Wide Sargasso Sea"] at IMDb.</ref> based on Rhys's best-known novel.

The 2003 book and stage play ''[[After Mrs Rochester]]'' by [[Polly Teale]] is based on the life of Jean Rhys and her book, ''Wide Sargasso Sea''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Teale, Polly |title=After Mrs Rochester: a play |date=2003 |publisher=Nick Hern |isbn=1-85459-745-0 |location=London |oclc=52145874}}</ref>

In 2012, [[English Heritage]] marked her [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] flat at Paulton House in [[Paultons Square]] with a [[blue plaque]].<ref name="EngHet">{{Cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/rhys-jean-1890-1979 |title=Rhys, Jean (1880–1979) |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref>

In 2020, a pen allegedly owned by Rhys - a devotee of the ballpoint - was added to the [[Royal Society of Literature]]'s historic collection for the signing of their Roll Book.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/30/royal-society-of-literature-reveals-historic-changes-to-improve-diversity |title=Royal Society of Literature reveals historic changes to improve diversity |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Alison |last= Flood |date=30 November 2020}}</ref>

===Archives===
Rhys's collected papers and ephemera are housed in the [[University of Tulsa]]'s McFarlin Library.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection: Jean Rhys archive, 1920–1991 {{!}} ArchivesSpace Public Interface |url=https://utulsa.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/56 |website=utulsa.as.atlas-sys.com |access-date=23 October 2017}}</ref> The [[British Library]] acquired a selection of Jean Rhys Papers in 1972, including drafts of short stories, novels; ''After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie'', ''Voyage in the Dark'', and ''Wide Sargasso Sea'', and an unpublished play entitled ''English Harbour''.<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-002000011 Jean Rhys Papers]{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, archives and manuscripts catalogue, the British Library. Retrieved 13 May 2020</ref> Research material relating to Jean Rhys can also be found in the Archive of Margaret Ramsey Ltd at the British Library relating to stage and film rights for adaptations to her work.<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS037-000206635 Archive of Margaret Ramsay Ltd]{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, archives and manuscripts catalogue, the British Library. Retrieved 13 May 2020.</ref> The British Library also holds correspondence between Jean Rhys and [[Patrick Garland]] relating to his adaptation of "I Spy a Stranger" and about ''Quartet''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100099229988.0x000001 |title=Correspondence in the British Library between Jean Rhys and Patrick Garland about adaptations of "I Spy a Stranger" and more. |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-date=26 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226204113/https://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100099229988.0x000001 |url-status=dead }}</ref>