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Rebecca

by: Daphne Du Maurier (author)

Rebecca, a dark psychological tale of secrets & betrayal, is Daphne du Mauriers best-loved work & was named Best Novel of the 20th Century at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. After a whirlwind romance & a honeymoon in Italy, the innocent young heroine & the dashing Maxim de Winter return to his country estate, Manderley. But the unsettling memory of Rebecca, the first Mrs de Winter, still lingers within. The timid bride must overcome her husbands oppressive silences & the sullen hostility of the sinister housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, to confront the emotional horror of the past.

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Format: paperback

Publisher: Rowohlt

Pages no: 426

Edition language: Deutsch

Category:

Classics, Novels, Literature, Historical Fiction, Adult, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Gothic, Historical

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Lora Hates Spam rated it

5 years ago

http://LoraHatesSpam.booklikes.com Lora Hates Spam 4.0 Rebecca

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by Daphne DuMaurier This is a Classic written in 1938 that has the poetic feeling of stories written in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The story starts out with a tone of remembrance about a place called Manderley. You can hear a sadness in the 'voice' of the first person narrator, even without ...

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Amber's Thoughts rated it

5 years ago

http://amberf.booklikes.com Amber's Thoughts 5.0 Revisiting Rebecca

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This book has been described as gothic, and also as romantic suspense and mystery. It has elements of literary fiction was well in its deep interiority. I read it for the first time decades ago, when I was fifteen. Reading it again, I realized I’d held it unconsciously in the back of my mind as the ...

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Darth Pedant rated it

6 years ago

http://Darthpony.booklikes.com Darth Pedant 4.0 Rebecca

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Once upon a time, about 20 years ago, I saw the PBS production of Rebecca really, really late at night. I only remember enough to picture Emilia Fox and Diana Rigg in their respective roles as the second Mrs. De Winter and Mrs. Danvers. As for the story, I didn’t remember much beyond the broad strok...

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"So it goes." rated it

7 years ago

http://EllaMc.booklikes.com "So it goes." 4.5 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier -- Look out Jung & Freud. Du Maurier does it better.

text Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier -- Look out Jung & Freud. Du Maurier does it better.

I've never read this before, nor have I seen the movie. Not sure how I missed the film, but I did. I was shocked at all the psychological twisty, rather deep and dark Freudian/Jungian stuff found in this novel. I mean, I knew it was a classic and sort of an intertext-something (I really should take ...

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Category Is: Book Review Realness! rated it

7 years ago

http://LadyGR.booklikes.com Category Is: Book Review Realness! 5.0 What you see, isn't always the truth...

text What you see, isn't always the truth...

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Rebecca starts with the narration of a sweet, naive heroine. Maybe not so naive anymore after being exposed to the pains of life, but still shy and quiet, a regular and unremarkable woman you can find in any place. This book is not about her. Ou...

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