Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (spoilers)
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- bookmadgirlie
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (spoilers)
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- bookmadgirlie
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In Rebecca, do you like the second Mrs de Winter, or how Rebecca is portrayed?
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I read Rebecca about a year ago and for me it was a fantastic profound story.
The nameless narrator and her change during the story were described in a very artful way.
First she was only darling, and then she became Mrs. Dewinter but had no christen name at all and hence no personality. As a shadow she came to Manderley where the ghost of Rebecca was still ruling through her representative Mrs. Danvers. Only when the second wife of Maxim DeWinter learnt that he never loved his first wife the narrator became stronger but remained nameless. The ghost of Rebecca brunt in the flames of the old manor house but left all people in her sphere shattered.
For me the novel was a masterpiece my next book will be Jamaica In I hope I won’t be disappointed.
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I enjoyed that story, it freaked me out and I didn't think a bunch of birds would freak me out!Justine44 wrote:I really have enjoyed all of the works I have read from her. My Cousin Rachel is also worth reading. Her short story The Birds is what inspired Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds movie.
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RuqeeD wrote:I enjoyed that story, it freaked me out and I didn't think a bunch of birds would freak me out!Justine44 wrote:I really have enjoyed all of the works I have read from her. My Cousin Rachel is also worth reading. Her short story The Birds is what inspired Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds movie.
Yes, I see birds a whole different way too,lol
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Has anyone visited du Maurier's previous home Menabilly in Cornwall, which is supposed to be the inspiration behind Manderley?
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