Rebecca (Penguin Modern Classics)
The chilling classic of a girl haunted by her own imagination and by the ghost of Rebecca de Winter. After honeymooning in Italy the dashing Max de Winter returns with his innocent young bride to Manderley, the beautiful family estate in Cornwall. Yet the former mistress's disturbing presence lingers throughout the house. Du Maurier's shy heroine is tortured by constant comparisons to the glittering socialite who was her precedessor and she is heading towards tragedy and despair when Rebecca herself appears...
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Review:
One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebeccahas woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream. Sarah Waters
Du Maurier is in a class by herself. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Excellent . . . Perfect . . . Mastery from surprise to surprise. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Addictive and breathtaking. Its blending of melodrama and subtlety is ingenious. The Cornish setting never quite leaves the imagination. THE INDEPENDENT
This chilling, suspenseful tale is as fresh and readable as it was when it was first written. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH"
-One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream.- --Sarah Waters
-Du Maurier is in a class by herself.- --THE NEW YORK TIMES
-Excellent . . . Perfect . . . Mastery from surprise to surprise.- --CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
-Addictive and breathtaking. Its blending of melodrama and subtlety is ingenious. The Cornish setting never quite leaves the imagination.- --THE INDEPENDENT
-This chilling, suspenseful tale is as fresh and readable as it was when it was first written.- --THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
"One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream." --Sarah Waters "Du Maurier is in a class by herself." --THE NEW YORK TIMES "Excellent . . . Perfect . . . Mastery from surprise to surprise." --CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR "Addictive and breathtaking. Its blending of melodrama and subtlety is ingenious. The Cornish setting never quite leaves the imagination." --THE INDEPENDENT "This chilling, suspenseful tale is as fresh and readable as it was when it was first written." --THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
Review:
Du Maurier is in a class by herself. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Excellent . . . Perfect . . . Mastery from surprise to surprise. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Addictive and breathtaking. Its blending of melodrama and subtlety is ingenious. The Cornish setting never quite leaves the imagination. THE INDEPENDENT
This chilling, suspenseful tale is as fresh and readable as it was when it was first written. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH"
-One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream.- --Sarah Waters
-Du Maurier is in a class by herself.- --THE NEW YORK TIMES
-Excellent . . . Perfect . . . Mastery from surprise to surprise.- --CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
-Addictive and breathtaking. Its blending of melodrama and subtlety is ingenious. The Cornish setting never quite leaves the imagination.- --THE INDEPENDENT
-This chilling, suspenseful tale is as fresh and readable as it was when it was first written.- --THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
"One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream." --Sarah Waters "Du Maurier is in a class by herself." --THE NEW YORK TIMES "Excellent . . . Perfect . . . Mastery from surprise to surprise." --CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR "Addictive and breathtaking. Its blending of melodrama and subtlety is ingenious. The Cornish setting never quite leaves the imagination." --THE INDEPENDENT "This chilling, suspenseful tale is as fresh and readable as it was when it was first written." --THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Addictive and breathtaking. Its blending of melodrama and subtlety is ingenious. The Cornish setting never quite leaves the imagination' (The Independent)
'Rebecca was an immediate bestseller on publication in 1938 and has cast a sinister spell ever since.' (Marie Claire)
'Excellent entertainment ... du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings.' (Stephen King, bestselling author)
'Rebecca was an immediate bestseller on publication in 1938 and has cast a sinister spell ever since.' (Marie Claire)
'Excellent entertainment ... du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings.' (Stephen King, bestselling author)
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0141802286
- ISBN 13 9780141802282
- BindingAudio Cassette
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