Rebecca was definitely interesting. Well, really the only characters I liked were Frank & Beatrice. Trust me, the rest had serious problems. (at least they were well written problems though.) However, all I can do is assume Du Maurier meant to write flawed characters. The main thing that saved this...
Rebecca is one of my favorite books of all time. It has beautiful writing, compelling characters, a swoon-worthy romance, and an intriguing mystery. I loved it the first time I read it for a comparative lit paper in high school over a decade ago and I love it just as much today, even knowing the e...
Also find this review here - Don't Stop Readin' "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." This is undoubtedly the most haunting opening line of any book ever.
The last time I read Rebecca I was much closer in age to the second Mrs. de Winter than I am now. I was also a much less experienced reader. What interested me most about this read was the self-reflection it inspired: how much my opinions of the various characters had changed, and also how much more...
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.. This is the opening line to du Maurier's famous novel Rebecca, a haunting tale about a young women who becomes increasingly obsessed with her husband's late wife, Rebecca. The secrets at Manderley are many, and it is these secrets that keep the new Mrs...
”Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again".This is one of the more famous lines in literature certainly it belongs in the same conversation as Call me Ishmael. Even to people who have never read the book or seen the excellent movie by Alfred Hitchcock might have a glimmer of recognition at the ...
Seeing the film first may have taken away some from the mystery and narrative tension, but I found that du Maurier captured states of consciousness in a way I've never read before, just very small moments and perceptions of a character (the narrator) moving through the world and maturing. The story ...
I liked the book but there were details that prevent me from enjoying it more.I liked the fact that we don't really know the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter's first name. It enhances the fact that she is so overshadowed by Rebecca. At the same time, I was annoyed by it. I kept on rolling my eyes everyti...
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