5/13/2023 0 Comments My cousin rachel novel![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It points out that My Cousin Rachel could arguably be du Maurier’s most feminist novel, and honestly I hadn’t thought about it that way before now. I have the 2003 Virago paperback edition and it contains a wonderful introduction by Sally Beauman (that is rife with spoilers, like this review), which I’m very glad I re-read as well. I initially read it after being equally stunned by Rebecca, and while this has some common elements (most notably the isolated Cornwall setting into which a vulnerable woman enters) it is very much its own beast and deserves to be lauded just as much as the most famous of du Maurier’s books. ![]() Simply put, My Cousin Rachel is a masterpiece in narrative structure and characterisation, and possibly one of the best books I’ve ever read (a bold claim, I know). I wish I’d read it all in one go back in May, but regardless I am very glad that I chose to read it again. Then a week or so ago I remembered and picked it up again, and tore through the rest of it. At some point I put it aside, and I left it for so long, I’m not sure why, that I literally forgot I was reading it. I first read this in 2014, which seems like a lifetime ago, and decided to re-read it earlier this year when I was fed up with everything I had on my bookshelves. ![]()
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