tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post6170778178286611190..comments2024-03-25T09:01:20.997-07:00Comments on Diary of an Autodidact: Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierDiary of an Autodidacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-3441655648213934202017-05-17T10:53:08.238-07:002017-05-17T10:53:08.238-07:00I agree. Holgrave was creepy. Although I don't...I agree. Holgrave was creepy. Although I don't think sociopathic, which requires a certain degree of ability to charm people. The book does require a certain tolerance of improbability - it's more of a fable than a realistic story. I have always found Hawthorne fascinating. :)Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-12510197282986903862017-05-15T20:05:51.425-07:002017-05-15T20:05:51.425-07:00Sorry, it was Holgrave, the daguerreotypist. I sho...Sorry, it was Holgrave, the daguerreotypist. I should have gone and looked it up since I haven't read it since high school myself. For some reason I remembered him as a school teacher. Oops. But, I remember I didn't like him and thought he was rather creepy. Maybe just my youthful impression, though.Mary E. Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206071568335923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-20194636905404933582017-05-14T21:33:36.505-07:002017-05-14T21:33:36.505-07:00I am familiar with the Hitchcock movie - but it is...I am familiar with the Hitchcock movie - but it is one I haven't seen. (My favorite, for what it is worth, is I Confess.) I am also familiar with Gaslight, and the term it inspired.<br /><br />The House of Seven Gables was one of my favorites in my teens. It has been a while since I read it, so I do not remember a schoolteacher. Is this a minor character? I can't find a reference to him on Wikipedia. Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051826042602269061.post-36760544092269641642017-05-13T18:44:56.675-07:002017-05-13T18:44:56.675-07:00I assume you know that there is a movie based on t...I assume you know that there is a movie based on this book. I haven't read the book but I saw most of the film. I believe it was done by Alfred Hitchcock. <br /><br />Psychopaths in literature - I despised the school teacher in "The House of Seven Gables." He seemed pretty creepy to me although the conclusion was weird. The 'umble Uriah Heep in David Copperfield, perhaps? The worst one I ran across was in the film "Gaslight" based on the play by the same name. I expect you are familiar with that. It was about a husband who, for his own sinister reasons, goes to great lengths to create situations and scenarios to convince his wife that she is losing her mind.Mary E. Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206071568335923658noreply@blogger.com