Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again ...Working as a lady's companion, the ... more
heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers ...Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.
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Classic / British English (Available February 2008) After the death of his beautiful wife ... more
Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall. But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the new marriage?
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) After the death of his beautiful wife ... more
Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall. But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the new marriage?
Advantages: Excellent reads Disadvantages: Only if you don't read any!
DaphneduMaurier was a true when it comes to novelists. She had written some of the best books of her time which continues to be a source of enjoyment for readers all over the world. Perhaps her most well known books are Rebecca, Jamaica Inn and Frenchman's Creek but there are so many more novels and short stories to enjoy. Her first novel was The Loving Spirit, a story about one Cornish family through many generations and their fight to survive while making a living from building boats.
In contrast, her last book, The House on the Strand is about a man who begins taking some kind of drug which enables him to go into the past where he learns about Cornwall from many years ago. Both of these books would make excellent films - I have no idea why they haven't been snatched up. Everyone should read at least one duMaurier book! ...
Advantages: Chilling, romantic, thrilling, gothic - it's got it all !! Disadvantages: None
REBECCA
Just hearing that line -"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" gives me goose bumps!!
I just LOVE this book. I first read it as a young teenager, many years ago, after my godmother introduced me to DuMaurier's work and I was immediately hooked.
It is a book that I return to over and over again.
If you have not read 'Rebecca', I envy you, you cannot unread the books you have read. You have all that mystery ahead of you, you are about to be completely and utterly absorbed in one of the best stories I have ever read.
Don't read 'Rebecca' expecting to read a classic love story, because that is not what it is. 'Rebecca' IS about love, both past and present, but it is also a thriller, dark, almost Gothic, creepy but most of all intriguing.
After the initial haunting, atmospheric words the beginning ...
Advantages: well developed characters and story, reads well Disadvantages: slow to start
Rebecca is, in my opinion, DuMaurier's best work. The intricate story is woven around a young nameless woman who finds herself accepting the infamous Maxim de Winter's marriage proposal after only a few days acquaintance. The plot then thickens as his dead Ex-wife, Rebecca, is continually present in their lives throught the efforts of the somewhat mysterious and frightening Mrs Danvers. However as Mrs De Winters learns more and more of her husband and his wife's past, the true nature of Rebecca's character is thrown into speculation.
the plot twist and turns and has a fantastic ending. The narrative is also rich from DuMauriers language and expressive style- such as the way she creates such an atmospheric eerie settiing out of Manderly. It is easy to read and gripping. ...
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