Now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas "Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley Again..." With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers: a suite immaculate and untouched, clothing laid out and ready to be worn, but not by any of the great house's current occupants. With an eerie presentiment of evil tightening her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter walked in the shadow of her mysterious predecessor, determined to uncover the darkest secrets and shattering truths about Maxim's first wife—the late and hauntingly beautiful Rebecca. This special edition of Rebecca includes excerpts from Daphne du Maurier's The Rebecca Notebook and Other Memories, an essay on the real Manderley, du Maurier's original epilogue to the book, and more. A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
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Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989) has been called one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Among her more famous works are The Scapegoat, Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and the short story "The Birds," all of which were subsequently made into films—the latter three directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Rebecca
Last Night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again..
The book, so poetic, so vivid, so fulfilling, so rich in its flavour that Rebecca with her slanted handwriting and long dark hairs, becomes a part of your imagination. I cant remember or say how the protagonist of the novel looks like but Rebecca with her slim figure, fur sandals, overcoats and long confident strokes where the R dwarfs all other letters, ruled my imagination. The book was all over foggy. Even the first love experience of the ...
An unnamed woman, the narrator is picked up from her middle class life by Maxim de Winter, a carefully polite widower who owns a beautiful estate called Manderley. The narrator tries to adjust to her new house as the mistress, but she runs into trouble as she realizes that the de Winters' household staff and friends are all still captivated by Maxim’s late wife, Rebecca. Every corner of the house is kept alive by the memories of Rebecca. Her past devotedly preserved by the housekeeper, Mrs....