Della Scott answers “i have started reading this book and i am...”

teena paradkar asked this question about Rebecca:

i have started reading this book and i am on the 154 page of it. its interesting but too narrative. i feel sorry for the girl who got married to mr de winter. she is so dumb and confused. what do u all think about this book. need a simple motivation to go on.

Della Scott I can relate. The first time I tried reading this, it left me cold. I posted about it on bookcrossing, and some people there(not all of them) urged me…moreI can relate. The first time I tried reading this, it left me cold. I posted about it on bookcrossing, and some people there(not all of them) urged me to stick with it. Now I am half through it, and like it. It is frustrating that the protagonist seems to be unnamed. I think that it's to underscore what a nonentity she is, or feels she is. I think it's low self-esttem more than lack of intelligence that is her problem. It's also sad that she is so afraid of her husband and the staff at Manderley that she doesn't even want to admit breaking a figurine or ask what happens to leftover food. The goodreads description is a little off. She wasn't exactly a maid to Mrs. Van Hopper, more of a paid companion. Options were more limited for young ladies then, especially orphans like her. And the British class system placed restrictions on people that didn't exist in America. Marriages of convenience, whirlwind courtships and marriages to escape(often to much older men as in this case) were common enough back in the day. It happened in my family. Some of them were happy, others not so much.(less)

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