![]() ![]() de Winter, as the narrator, is constantly pointing out, in lyrical, perfect sentences, the innocence and foolishness of the younger Mrs. ![]() de Winter, and one of the central tensions of the book is the contrast between the sophisticated prose and the frustratingly passive and disempowered main character. Max, too, seems still in Rebecca's thrall, becoming distant and cold whenever she is mentioned, as if consumed with grief … or some other, less wholesome emotion. But she feels inadequate beside the memory of the accomplished, beautiful, matchless Rebecca, beloved by all - especially the intense, malevolent housekeeper Mrs. de Winter becomes the mistress of the sprawling estate of Manderley. ![]()
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