Rachel eventually shows up in England looking to meet her pseudo-stepson, and that’s when the story really begins to get interesting. Philip is distraught, but searches for her in Italy. After ~2 years, Ambrose mysteriously dies and Rachel disappears. It’s an odd pairing, as she has a bit of a reputation for husband-hunting and spending lots of money. At some point years later, Ambrose unexpectedly marries a widow named Rachel who is half-Italian and grew up in Tuscany. Philip’s parents die when he is less than a year old, but his cousin Ambrose raises him in their England home.
The novel centers around the Ashley family. The language is intense and full of amazing imagery and astounding descriptions. The novel is written in first person point of view and told from the perspective of Philip Ashley, a 24-year-old English man set in a somewhat unknown time, but likely the early/mid twentieth century given some of the details in the background setting. It contains ~350 pages and took me four days to read. I purchased the Kindle Reader version from Amazon to read on my iPad. I’ve only started doing buddy reads in the last few months, but they are quite fun… I recommend them. We agreed on early March and got to it this week. We were both interested to see if it lived up to the hype and how it compared to the author’s other words. Earlier this year, a Goodreads buddy, Michael, and I were chatting about various books when we decided to do a buddy read together, selecting this wonderful Gothic edition. After reading Rebecca several years ago, I placed My Cousin Rachel, another of Daphne du Maurier‘s famed novels, on my To Be Read (TBR) shelf.
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