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Agreed. I always wondered what motivated Max to ask her to marry him. Later on in the book, Max says he fell in love with her but that makes about as much sense as JIJAJI falling in love with Akshu's voice. Why would he? For her innocence and lack of sophistication? It seems off. My guess he was abroad looking for a new mistress for Manderlay and he figured here was someone the exact opposite of Rebecca and could tell she had fallen for him. Maybe later he did fall in love with her...
Max was a bit off-putting I thought. And I couldn't figure out if he ever was in love with Rebecca. Why did he marry HER? For status?
My favorite character was Mrs. Danvers followed by Jack Favell😆
I love reading Rebecca just for how evocatively Daphne Du Maurier builds the atmosphere but My Cousin Rachel is a far better book.
Originally posted by: Ekahriz
Yeah. But I think it was also obvious that she wanted an easy life. So she utilized the opportunity she got to the best of her abilities. It never even occurred to me that he was trying to manipulate/trap her.
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