tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1524326998752607061..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: A dream - or two - of Manderley, by Ali BaconKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-26402374147431077042015-05-23T15:11:01.750+01:002015-05-23T15:11:01.750+01:00thanks for the namecheck Ali! The power of some bo...thanks for the namecheck Ali! The power of some books to lurk in the imagination and keep drawing people back is not easily explicable. Rebecca is one of those books you'd feel as if you had read if you hadn't (there are lots of films like that too) as it's referenced so often. Frankenstein is another - impact beyond the actual words of the book, and interestingly the main character has no name, as with Rebecca. Spooky! Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34552292424862187222015-05-22T21:42:37.670+01:002015-05-22T21:42:37.670+01:00There was a post somewhere reblogged on the Passiv...There was a post somewhere reblogged on the Passive Voice recently about the supposed fact that kids reread books while adults don't. Pretty much all of us commenting observed that the original post was quite wrong. There were some books - quite a lot of books in many cases - that we can read again and again and again. I know I do!It's like meeting old friends. And Rebecca is definitely one of them.Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-90722367936799478382015-05-22T16:26:20.406+01:002015-05-22T16:26:20.406+01:00I think that's the secret isn't it? - Can ...I think that's the secret isn't it? - Can you re-read and re-read it? Do you find something new each time? If you can, it's going to last.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-73346741565842729222015-05-22T15:04:59.002+01:002015-05-22T15:04:59.002+01:00I love Rebecca - and I hope that its popularity wi...I love <i>Rebecca</i> - and I hope that its popularity will continue for a long, long time. It certainly has intrigue enough to keep people guessing for generations to come: as you pointed out, Ali, the second Mrs de Winter could be seen as either a heroine <i>or</i> an anti-heroine. We don't know why the narrator remains unnamed. We don't know whether the characters' memories of Rebecca represent the truth - indeed, truth and artifice are recurring themes. I've re-read the novel several times, and each time I find something new there.Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-58027569326797187222015-05-22T10:01:25.826+01:002015-05-22T10:01:25.826+01:00Great post, Ali! I love Rebecca. Love the movie, t...Great post, Ali! I love Rebecca. Love the movie, too. 'I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool!' - Olivier was so brilliant. Somebody was telling me recently that she knew of a group of young women who had rediscovered Rebecca and were reading the novel enthusiastically, so I suspect it will last. There will probably be another television adaptation coming along soon. There was a radio dramatisation a long, long time ago, probably back in the 1950s because I remember sitting in my nana's kitchen and listening on an old 'wireless'. I remember the opening lines, vividly - and even though I was very young indeed and it was some years before I was even old enough to read the novel, I remember the sheer magic of them. I asked my mum and my aunty 'what is that?' and they said 'It's Rebecca of course.' It sparked an early interest in drama and fiction at the same time, I think: the sudden realisation that you could make things like this up! Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-44487441681950955382015-05-22T09:07:45.871+01:002015-05-22T09:07:45.871+01:00You should Wendy! A.You should Wendy! A.AliBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611113709872287863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-79193510267313757732015-05-22T08:41:34.843+01:002015-05-22T08:41:34.843+01:00Thanks for this. It has made me think. Also now I ...Thanks for this. It has made me think. Also now I want to revisit Rebecca Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com