LOL, I love your synopsis of the story. "...which he likes a hell of a lot more than he likes Rebecca." BEST. DESCRIPTION, EVER.

You had to read it for school? That's interesting...Heck of a good fiction, though...very Maxim-ish. I'm glad you posted it. :)

"..Rebecca had blurred the lines between what was right and wrong, good and evil." True, very true...

A side thought:

According to the musical, it's 1926...I can't remember if the year's in the book. O.o