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RE-READ! I was overdue to reread this book. The plot is a classic one, and although it has turned up in a million forms (one of the afterwords I read pointed out a long list... including Jane Eyre, Cinderella, Bluebeard, and many many more) I still love Daphne du Maurier's telling, and love how Manderley itself is such a character in this book. I'm sure this is not my last re-read of this book. I also love du Maurier's short stories -- maybe it's time to reread "Don't Look Now," one of my favori
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Rebecca's greatest strength is its writing style. I'd read it after a long reading slump and had to take several breaks between the pages from sensory overload. The descriptions are beautiful and intense.
You know how in some books, every character comes off as being the same person with the same voice? Maurier's characterization is the exact opposite of that. The characters are distinct, convincing, and elegantly portrayed. They feel real.
If this categorizes as a classic, it's a reasonably appr ...more
You know how in some books, every character comes off as being the same person with the same voice? Maurier's characterization is the exact opposite of that. The characters are distinct, convincing, and elegantly portrayed. They feel real.
If this categorizes as a classic, it's a reasonably appr ...more
One of my favorite things is a truly well written story and I have to say that Rebecca is definitely one of those. This is a story where really not a lot happens but yet everything happens. This story is a mystery, it begins with a young girl who is a companion to an older lady. One day the young girl comes across a wealthy older widow, Maxim de Winter and they seem well suited to each other. They are quickly married and in a matter of weeks they return to his home, a grand English estate called
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May 30, 2021
Amy J
rated it
it was amazing
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Mar 26, 2015
Genevieve
marked it as to-read
