Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier Reviews

"Rebecca" is one of my favourite books, I first read it when I was in my early teens when I was given a copy by an elderly relative. I still have this but have now bought this newer edition and it is a book which I read over and over again. The storyline leads us through the life of a young girl who is working as a lady's ...

I first read this novel some years ago, but was prompted to re-read it recently by the fact that we have tickets for an upcoming theatrical performance of "Rebecca", and I thought this would be a good time to remind myself of the story. "Rebecca", first published in 1938 and never out of print since then, is narrated ...

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me. There was a padlock and a chain upon the gate. I called in my dream to the lodge-keeper, and had no answer, and peering closer through the rusted spokes of the gate I ...

A girl, whom I believe remains nameless thruout the book, meets a man, called Maxim, in Monte Carlo. She's working for an old American woman and doesn't enjoy it at all. She's known him two weeks when she has to leave Monte for New York with the lady. The man asks her to marry him and she agrees. She's grown very fond of him and ...

Rebecca is one of those "classics" you see on reading lists for School Examinations in English Literature. I actually wrote my Higher Grade "RPR" (not actually sure what it stands for, but basically, a book review) on Rebecca when I was 17. At the time, I basically skimmed through the book, read a lot of notes on the story, and ...

Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca is one of my favourite books. The language du Maurier uses is incredibly rich and considered. It should be noted that du Maurier's book and the film of the book, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, should be seen as a wholly separate, as they have some vital differences in plot and motivation. ...

Having studied this book numerous times throughout my school career, you would think that I would never want to set eyes on it again!! However, far from it - it is actually one of the very few novels that I have read again and again (through choice rather than necessity!!) The opening line, 'last night I dremt I went to Manderley ...