Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Pride and Prejudice or Rebecca?
The more I read of this book the more I draw connections between it and Pride and Prejudice. There is the upper-class woman (who is rude and annoying), though I'm not sure if she reminds me of one specific character. She is more of a mixture of Mrs. Bennet or Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Mr. de Winter not only has an amazing house that is very similar to Pemberly, but also "set himself a standard of behavior" (17). He also writes the main character a letter to apologize for his behavior. These are just some of the many parallels that I am seeing in this book. I find it both intriguing and annoying at the same time.
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I thought the exact same thing, with the estates and such, and the characters are rather similar, its like pride and prejudice from a different angle.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the angle? Certainly, the class elements are there (Mrs Van Hopper is a FATUOUS character, which is why she cracks me up). Jane Austen (author of Pride and Prejudice) in some ways created a genre for female writers, some of which you see mirrored in du Maurier's setting and characters, to be sure.
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