Area of Interest: The Mrs. de Winters

My area of interest right now is the difference between the narrator as Mrs. de Winter and the original Mrs. de Winter, Rebecca, and how Maxim wants his second wife to be nothing like Rebecca. I guess I understand why he doesn't want to be reminded of her death, but at the same time he had the best time with her (i think), so why wouldn't he want to create the same experiences with a new wife? Basically, I think there has to be a reason why he picked the narrator, like she has to relate to Rebecca somehow, and that relation between the two women is what I'd like to explore.