Remember, I did state Spoilers and they will continue…. Max was delighted with her open genuine spirit and her love. While she thought she was being compared to Rebecca and found wanting, it was actually the opposite. Now I see Maxim had a genuine desire to experience a loving marriage with his young bride. Their lives are nothing like they hoped, they are merely existing. Since the beginning of the book is actually a description of the end of their lives at Manderley, I had to go back and read the first chapter again. It’s only later that you realize what an unhealthy, obsessive one-sided relationship Danvers had with her employer. I didn’t grow up in a high society or upper class setting and I can imagine poor little new Mrs. She is comparing me to Rebecca and sharp as a sword the shadow came between us…….”įrankly, I would have been very nervous around Mrs. “ There were never any complaints when Mrs. The arctic personality of Danvers was evident from the start – no friendly face or help with that one.

Danvers she hopes the two can become friends, have a friendly face to assist in her new role. Gothic themes, love, jealousy and murder abound in this story. She daydreams about her new home, how they will have children and what a wonderful life they will have. Our young lady is swept off her feet by the worldly and kind Maxim de Winter, eager to take her role as wife and lady at Manderley. de Winter.” “My father was a lovely and unusual person,” our narrator replies. “You have a very lovely and unusual name,” said Mr. I thought that after this exchange with Maxim de Winter over dinner. Personally I think she was named after her father. She is often referred to as the new or second Mrs. You know straight away she is impressionable, a bit naive but kind-hearted. She is described as young woman without worldly experience. We never learn the first name of our narrator. I started it a few years back (it’s been on my Kindle that long) but was distracted by something else I “needed” to read.

This is a classic I had been meaning to read for years.

Rebecca classic novel