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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?

Lynn I think she did everything right. The narrator could only do so much as a newcomer without having everyone at Manderley look at her in a suspicious ma…moreI think she did everything right. The narrator could only do so much as a newcomer without having everyone at Manderley look at her in a suspicious manner. The person who should have done something different is Maxim. Why didn't Maxim visit the old bedroom and see that Mrs. Danvers was preserving a shrine? Maxim should have fired crazy Mrs. Danvers long before the new Mrs. De Winters would have encountered her.(less)

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