![]() ![]() I took one out and looked at it, unwrapped it from the thin tissue of paper. de Winter attempts to slip into the role as quietly as possible but soon realises that it is impossible to fill Rebecca’s shoes and nor, she soon realises, does she want to. ![]() ![]() de Winter quickly feels the presence of the first wife, Rebecca, who has left a lasting impression everywhere in the house, its servants and county. They return to Manderley Hall, a formidable estate complete with an infamous past. Plucked from obscurity and from a world of drudgery as a companion, the recently widowed Maximilian de Winter courts and quickly marries the young girl. de Winter both reminisces and is haunted by Manderley Hall and her time there. Narrated by an anonymous voice (we never know her real name), with the added benefit of age and time, the second Mrs. So – it has taken awhile to get those prejudices out of my head so I could read this book from an objective and open perspective. Well, after many stop-start attempts, I have finished Rebecca after nearly ten years! Why has it been so difficult, you may ask? It is a long story but it has to do with Jane Eyre being one my most favourite books and a very impressionable and eccentric favourite Literature teacher in high school who went a rant one day about how Rebecca was simply ripped off of Jane Eyre. ![]()
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