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Rebecca

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Little, Brown Book Group, Feb 9, 2012 - Fiction - 448 pages
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . . Working as a lady's companion, the 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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Gorgeous prose and an interesting premise. - Goodreads
Then ending was so....sad and ...just sad! - Goodreads
Good imagery, good plot. - Goodreads
Hmmm...I don't think the writing is very good. - Goodreads
Great mystery/love story. - Goodreads
The characterization and pacing are brilliant. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Keerthana - Goodreads

lost myself at Manderley when i first took up Rebecca years back... still trying to find a way out ;) enigmatic ... classic literature at its best ... Rebecca will keep you trapped till the end !!! Read full review

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User Review  - Kauri Tree - Goodreads

Why I decided to read this book: This book was recommended by a friend so I decided to read it. That was the only reason-so I could fill in the 'recommended by a friend' box.The cover was dull and it ... Read full review

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About the author (2012)

Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in London, educated at home and in Paris, and lived for much of her life in her beloved Cornwall, the setting for many of her novels. Most of her novels have been bestsellers and many have been made into films. She is considered one of the most accomplished novelists of the twentieth century.

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