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“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
The famous opening line that immediately transports and captures the tone perfectly; ethereal, but also ominous.
An atmospheric and foreboding Gothic page turner. This is one of those rare books that is of a time, but transcends time, or rather does it transport one so wholly that it seems more convincing than our own. What we have here is a haunting psychological mystery that builds slowly then twists and turns rapidly. Our unnamed naive protagoni ...more
The famous opening line that immediately transports and captures the tone perfectly; ethereal, but also ominous.
An atmospheric and foreboding Gothic page turner. This is one of those rare books that is of a time, but transcends time, or rather does it transport one so wholly that it seems more convincing than our own. What we have here is a haunting psychological mystery that builds slowly then twists and turns rapidly. Our unnamed naive protagoni ...more
I expected to like this book (I saw the movie afterall), but I was surprised by the beautiful language. It's wonderfully written and deserves its classic status.
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