How I was reading "Rebecca"

I like reading and my favourite genres are fantasy, mystery, and adventure. One of my the last books that which I have read was "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier. I decided to read it in English in order to improve my language skills and I heard that this book was very interesting and full of tangled events.
At the beginning It was difficult for me to understand the essence of this story because there were plenty of unknown words and phrases. I couldn’t enjoy this book. I had to translate every unfamiliar word and it took me too long time. I couldn’t stand it. I made a decision to read without translation and try to get the essence in general. To my surprise it wasn’t so difficult and I managed to understand what was happening in this story. It was great. I enjoyed this.
This book had a quite interesting plot. The main character was a young girl who got married to a widowed man, who was older and rich. The main problem for this young girl was to manage to live at his huge estate in the shadow of his first dead wife. The servants of this estate didn’t accept the new mistress. She couldn’t feel like a rightful owner and moreover she didn’t feel her husband's love. She was upset and unhappy but didn’t give up and continued to do her best.
Soon the horrible truth was revealed. It became aware of The book revealed the real cause of death of the first wife. It turned out that it was her husband Max, who had killed her. Despite this the young wife didn’t leave him and it was a relief for her.
I liked this book because there were a lot of tangled situations and I empathised to the main character. The author showed her thoughts, feelings, and emotions very clearly.
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This is really good Tanya, I don't know how you can read a book without translation but as you can see, I haven't made many changes.

favourite = English spelling ; favorite = American spelling

I might have written "in the shadow of his dead first wife." since we don't know if there was more than one dead wife!