Rebecca - Daphne DuMaurier

[Luke]

Rebecca, Daphne DuMaurier, 1938, England, NOVEL

"Rebecca is a novel of mystery and passion, a dark psychological tale of secrets and betrayal, dead loves and an estate called Manderley that is as much a presence as the humans who inhabit it: "When the leaves rustle, they sound very much like the stealthy movement of a woman in evening dress, and when they shiver suddenly and fall, and scatter away along the ground, they might be the pitter, patter of a woman's hurrying footsteps, and the mark in the gravel the imprint of a high-heeled satin shoe." Manderley is filled with memories of the elegant and flamboyant Rebecca, the first Mrs. DeWinter; with the obsessive loyalty of her housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, who observes the young, timid second Mrs., DeWinter with sullen hostility; and with the oppressive silences of a secretive husband, Maxim..."

(V.S., p. 303)

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Aubrey
Alex
Nandakishore (spoiler alert)
Cheryl
Samadrita
Kaion

[Luke]

I'm submitting my review for this: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sasha]

If your thought on finishing Jane Eyre was, "That was great, but I would have preferred it to be more good," then I have a book for you.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nandakishore]

My review is given below. Warning:contains spoilers.

Rebecca

[Luke]

Thanks for your review, Nandakishore. It, as well as your spoiler alert, has been incorporated above.

[Cheryl]

Hi, Aubrey, here's my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Luke]

Hi Cheryl. Thanks for your review. It has now been incorporated above.

[Samadrita]

Here's my review, which is already attracting all sorts of resentful reactions - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Luke]

Samadrita wrote: "Here's my review, which is already attracting all sorts of resentful reactions - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Cheers, Samadrita. Let's clink our glasses and laugh at our sputtering detractors together.

[Kaion]

I'd like to submit my review as well:

Can we talk about Rebecca, and the antiheroine we deserve?
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...