..to ask what you think Mrs De Winter's first name is?

[poblwcymru]

We know it's "lovely and unusual".

my favourite book in the world. The Hitchcock film is pretty special too.

I think she was a Naomi

I read this for the first time recently and it drove me crazy not knowing!

I always thought Daphne.

Allegra

Jasmine

Imogen

Rebecca

Daphne

Or Esmerelda

I think Rebecca too

Yes I think Daphne fits the bill

Lilage

I take it you don't mean the first Mrs De Winter? .

There are hints in the book that it was a bit unusual or exotic (for the time). Sth to do with spelling it correctly.

Maybe Anastasia or Arabella? Don't know why I'm going with the As...

Rebecca?????

I take it you don't mean the first Mrs De Winter?

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I quite like the suggestion of Imogen.

She could be a Caroline, which is why Danvers suggests she dresses as Caroline De Winter (Max's ancestor).

Failing that I imagine her as a Madeline or Lucinda.

Definitely the second Mrs De Winter (I feel like Mrs Dancers )

I read somewhere that Du Maurier forgot to give her a name but it's too clever for that. It's another nod to her being inconsequential to Rebecca that she's just the narrator of her own story.

According to a biography of Daphne du Maurier, she was a Daphne because D read her husband's previous lover's letters which were signed with an 'R' which was some of the inspiration for Rebecca.

@NeverTrustaRabbit

She could be a Caroline, which is why Danvers suggests she dresses as Caroline De Winter (Max's ancestor).

Failing that I imagine her as a Madeline or Lucinda.

I though Danvers suggested this as Rebecca had worn the same costume and it was a(nother) mind game?

I haven't read it for years- I might need to brush up!

I fought Caroline was a benign cover up for her real name?

I imagine her as an Esther

Thought

Hang on - I spelt it wrong, Lalage. I’ve only ever heard it as the baby’s name in the French Lieutenant’s Woman but I also thing it would work for the second Mrs DeWinter.

@poblwcymru I often wondered if it was a blind clue.

I also think Caroline is one of those beautiful but under appreciated names.

Jonquil. It’s a flower, pretty and unusual.

Caroline is nice enough but not exotic or hard to spell.

Sharon