In 1913 she worked for a time as a nude model in Britain .
Distraught by events , including a near - fatal abortion ( not Smith 's child ) , Rhys began writing and produced an early version of her novel Voyage in the Dark .
In 1913 child worked for a time as a nude model in Britain .
Distraught by events , including a near - fatal abortion ( not Smith 's child ) , Rhys began writing and produced an early version of her novel Voyage in the Dark .