Tuesday, January 13, 2015

My Cousin Rachel

Do you read books and then see the movie or do you see the movie and then check out the book?  I have done both but I prefer to read the book first.  In the case of Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier I saw the movie first and then had to read the book.  I fell in love with duMaurier.

My Cousin Rachel has been on my TBR stack for quite some time and finally I pulled it out.

"They used to hang men at Four Turnings in the old days.  Not anymore, though.  Now, when a murderer pays the penalty for his crime, he does so up at Bodmin, after fair trial at the Assizes.  That is, if the law convicts him, before his own conscience kills him.  It is better so.  Like a surgical operation.  And the body has decent burial, though a nameless grave.  When I was a child it was otherwise.  I can remember as a little lad seeing a fellow hang in chains where the four roads meet.  His face and body were blackened with tar for preservation.  He hung there for five weeks before they cut him down, and it was the fourth week that I saw him."

Granted this is no "Road to Manderley" but I would avoid walking down a road with a tar covered hanging corpse.

I'm giving this a thumbs up and off I wander.

8 comments:

  1. I read this one many, many years ago...so I have forgotten most of it. But I know that I enjoyed it back then. Thanks for sharing, and enjoy.

    Here's mine: “ALL DAY AND A NIGHT”

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    1. It was very good. I am glad I did read it. Thanks for dropping by.

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  2. I've read bits and pieces of this book so many times that I can kinda say I read it - LOL! I prefer to read the book, then see the movie.
    Dumb question - how do I get that little picture of First Chapter First Paragraph on my blog when I do my first paragraph thingie?

    Linda in VA

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  3. I haven't read anything by this author before, but I really want to. I actually had never heard of her until I started blogging--really odd considering she's considered a classic author. But then, there are so many, right?

    I am more of a book first then movie sort of person, but not always.

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  4. This is one of those books that I always meant to read but never have. The opening intrigues me, and I've just added it to my TBR list.
    My Tuesday post features A LOVE BEYOND.

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    1. When you get time, give this a try. I did really like it.

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  5. Yes, I would read it . . . again. I've read it twice. Have a nice week. kelley—the road goes ever ever on

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  6. Jealous, jealous. Haven't read or seen the movie, My Cousin Rachel. I have read Rebecca and Jamaica Inn. Both of those books I loved. Enjoy.

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