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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
5.0
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me.”
When a young and insecure woman is on holiday in Monte Carlo as a paid companion to the obnoxious Mrs. Hopper, she runs into the wealthy and known Mr. de Winter. He recently became a widower. Once they form a connection he suddenly asks her to marry him. But how will she ever manage to fill her roll as Mrs. de Winter to an estate as large and well known in high society as Manderlay.
If you ever are afraid to read classic novels, try reading this one. It has a gothic feel, has lovely descriptive prose and feels extremely timeless.
It’s eerie, dark and mysterious, but also deals with themes like jealousy, grief, loyalty, gender and to an extent sapphic love.
In the story we follow the narrator, who is such a young woman with low self esteem that we even can’t know her name. It’s more or less a coming of age novel. Du Maurier said once: “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman,”. And this is exactly what the novel Rebecca is a good representation of. But it also has a lot of mystery surrounding Manderlay. How did Rebecca die, why is Mrs. Danvers so against her and why does her husband keep her at a distance?
Somewhere around the end it even makes you question morale and how a murderer becomes a victim. All in all it’s a wonderful read that kept me captivated till the end. If you decide to read it I do recommend looking into TW’s.
When a young and insecure woman is on holiday in Monte Carlo as a paid companion to the obnoxious Mrs. Hopper, she runs into the wealthy and known Mr. de Winter. He recently became a widower. Once they form a connection he suddenly asks her to marry him. But how will she ever manage to fill her roll as Mrs. de Winter to an estate as large and well known in high society as Manderlay.
If you ever are afraid to read classic novels, try reading this one. It has a gothic feel, has lovely descriptive prose and feels extremely timeless.
It’s eerie, dark and mysterious, but also deals with themes like jealousy, grief, loyalty, gender and to an extent sapphic love.
In the story we follow the narrator, who is such a young woman with low self esteem that we even can’t know her name. It’s more or less a coming of age novel. Du Maurier said once: “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman,”. And this is exactly what the novel Rebecca is a good representation of. But it also has a lot of mystery surrounding Manderlay. How did Rebecca die, why is Mrs. Danvers so against her and why does her husband keep her at a distance?
Somewhere around the end it even makes you question morale and how a murderer becomes a victim. All in all it’s a wonderful read that kept me captivated till the end. If you decide to read it I do recommend looking into TW’s.