![]() He’s honestly a lot like Rochester from Jane Eyre. ![]() It’s not at all boring, like I admittedly was afraid an older book might be.Īt first glance, Maxim De Winter is every man you know you shouldn’t be interested in but are anyway: mysterious, older, rich, vague, and still hung up over another woman. Rather, each word connects the flower, tree, or shrub to a greater, overarching theme, so that the reader sees the whole picture. The flowers, trees, and shrubbery are also described in detail, but none of the descriptions are just flowery prose. You can practically feel that each house or city has its own personality, especially Manderly. Throughout the book, the different settings become their own characters- that’s how well they are described. ![]() What Rebecca gets right: Du Maurier’s writing is simply exquisite. And I was so glad that I did, because it’s amazing. After years of putting it off, I finally read the gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier thanks to our library staff book club. ![]()
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