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Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Start date: July 15, 2016

Finish date: August 14, 2016

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Why we're reading this: Came in First in the Poll and is an English Classic
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Jul 12, 2017 Jagrati rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again". I mean it 😉
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Manderley has been in my thoughts ever since I started reading the book and it still has me under its spell three days after finishing the book. The first two chapter literally brings this imaginary and enchanting place alive. What I loved most about this book is the detailed and exquisite imagery Daphne has portrayed through her rich descriptions and beautiful writing.
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The story revolves around young and never-named narrator who ma ...more

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Apr 17, 2017 Shirley (stampartiste) rated it liked it · review of another edition

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I know this is deemed a Classic, and the writing has been compared to Charlotte Bronte's book, Jane Eyre which I dearly loved as a teenager. But I just could not get into Rebecca or the drama of the narrator. I found her tedious and melodramatic. I just could not see Maxim de Winter falling in love with her, nor could I believe that a person could undergo such a vast personality change as occurred in her in just four months. I know *shame, shame* on me, but I slogged through to the end of the bo ...more

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