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“How absurd to say we are not companions,� I said; “why look how we sit here every evening, you with a book or a paper, and me with my knitting. Just like cups of tea. Just like old people, married for years and years.�
mind you, she's 21 and he's 42. sis should've been at the club
— Apr 17, 2024 12:44PM
mind you, she's 21 and he's 42. sis should've been at the club
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“Perhaps, once she had gone, he would talk to me at last, about loving me, about being happy. Up to now there had been no time, and anyway those things are not easily said, they must wait their moment.�
me when I'm being delulu
— Apr 15, 2024 12:04PM
me when I'm being delulu
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"I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say."
aaand this goes into the Quotes Book
— Apr 15, 2024 02:07AM
aaand this goes into the Quotes Book
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Apr 17, 2024 01:53PM
TBH, as an introvert...that would have sounded like a lovely date night to 21 YO me! Not so much with the middle-aged man, though.
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love the tea, books, paper, knitting and tea even as a near-21 year old. however, i am more inclined to doing those things alone, far superior and i hope she takes up the offer of doing that regardless of the man
it’s giving Rochester and Jane Eyre if Rochesters first wife was actually dead and the whole house posthumously worshipped her
Emily wrote: "TBH, as an introvert...that would have sounded like a lovely date night to 21 YO me! Not so much with the middle-aged man, though."yeah the last part is key haha
The complete evening sounds good to me although I can't knit and I would prefer to not have a man staring at me.... while I am reading a wonderful book. This would be relaxing if you are alone. Plus you can sit and gather your thoughts.
He is more like a father figure for her than a husband , VERY CONCERNING 💀💀
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Melissa wrote: "@Divya I do think that a lot of what people are complaining about in this comment section was literally the point of the book/the author's intention. Do people think this is a romance? Do people th..."what do you mean being proposed to by being told "I’m asking you to marry me, you little fool" isn't THE romantic gesture? jk! yeah, Rebecca was aggressively marketed as a romance (my edition sports the word "romantic" on the cover), something that reportedly shocked du Maurier, who had actually set out to write a novel about the dark underbelly of jealousy. Maxim is definitely a piece of shit and a literal criminal, although the author, to her credit, does an excellent job of placing us in the disturbed mindset of the unnamed narrator as to understand (and also cringe at) how red flags can be obfuscated by young age, envy, and insecurity.
Melissa wrote: "@chai Why is your review complaining about the messed up age gap when you agree that the narrative is meant to be disturbing? And why are you citing the fact that it was marketed as a romance only ..."I agreed with you from the outset so I'm not sure what we're debating here? I shared the biographical fact about du Maurier and the early reception of the novel because I thought it was interesting. Also, this is a status update that I posted with a meme joke; it was not a review nor a complaint, and it's really not that serious lol
