12-10-2007, 07:14 PM
maisonvivante Wrote:Du Maurier was always very surprised that so many people considered Maxim/the book romantic. She felt it was a story about hate, and I'm not convinced she saw Maxim as a hero at all.
I can't say I'm too surprised by that. On my second perusal, I felt the hate more strongly than I did the first time. However, I also felt the love the narrator had for Maxim. I did not feel the love was adequately returned. I thought Maxim was very cold and in the end, very weak. Not the typical hero of a Gothic romance.