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Debashmita asked this question about Rebecca:

I would really like to know from the readers of this book (Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier), what do you think of the narrator of the book? Where do you think she went wrong or should have acted otherwise?

Monika I really didn't like how she indulged herself in the flights of fantasy and imagined things that weren't there. That is just asking for trouble. Like …moreI really didn't like how she indulged herself in the flights of fantasy and imagined things that weren't there. That is just asking for trouble. Like when Maxim went to London and she imagined him dead. Also, I understand one can be shy, but I find her to be obsessively second guessing herself, over analyzing every single reaction from the people she talks to, and her lack of self-confidence seems to be something a good psychologist should look into. I think it was partly her husband's fault for not making sure she understood she had a right to make changes if she wished to. Instead, he assumed she would do as she pleased forgetting she was so young and inexperienced. (less)

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