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Have you read My Antonia? If you like Rebecca you may like it too! I loved it.
Actually I did read My Antonia several years ago and liked it, but at least at this point ( now about 60% into Rebecca) I am dazzled by Rebecca. As I mentioned, I had meant to read it forever and just never did. I never saw the movie either so I had no clue or expectation, other than several people recommending it.
It's so magnificently written and the story is just gripping me.
I read part beyond the time info and saw a reference to a Kipling story. The explanation for the “Taffy” character is not really correct however...Taffy was the Knick name English people tended to give Welshmen...a Taffy was pejorative to some extent suggesting someone who was slower of mind than the normal Englishman...so the idea it was normally or usually the name of a girl is just wide of the mark. Because of Kipling’s writing of the British army with its units of Welsh regiments, he was very familiar with the term taffy...
So that assumption about his choice seems to miss the real nuances of Kipling’s intention
Oh my goodness, Rebecca was one of our required reading books in high school; I LOVED that story!
I just started one called The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang. It's certainly intriguing historical fiction, set in the 1850's in New York. The main character is a woman born with two hearts and who masquerades as a "resurrectionist", or body snatcher. This was the era when doctors would pay good money to get their hands on bodies, especially those with unusual afflictions, for anatomical study.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a Japanese novel with universal human themes. This book is actually uplifting, so if there is even a shred of emotional or spiritual sensitivity in you, check it out.
I am reading another amazing book now, Rural Voices. Similarly hopeful and uplifting, this collection of short stories with more than a hint of autobiography tingeing them is written by or from the perspective of young, often misunderstood people.
I do not participate in the online book club rating groups, but if I did these both would get 5 stars each from me.
Ooohhhh.... I hope you enjoy Fever as much as I did!
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