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Rebecca

The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.

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  • "Emilia Fox reads Rebecca"

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  • "The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave."@en
  • "Rebecca is a dark psychological tale of secrets and betrayal. After a whirlwind romance and a honeymoon in Italy, the innocent young heroine and the dashing Maxim de Winter return to his country estate, Manderley. But the unsettling memory of Rebecca, the first Mrs. de Winter, still lingers within. The timid bride must overcome her husband's oppressive silences and the sullen history of the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, to confront the emotional horrors of the past."@en
  • "A young girl becomes the second Mrs. Max de Winter, only to find that she is not the mistress of Manderley. Instead the house and its occupants are dominated by the memory of Rebecca, her predecessor."@en
  • "A young girl becomes the second Mrs. Max de Winter, only to find that she is not the mistress of Manderley. Instead the house and its occupants are dominated by the memory of Rebecca, her predecessor."
  • "Rebecca is hired as governess and falls in love with her employer, a brooding man who apparently keeps a dark secret."
  • "A timid young girl marries a troubled widower, only to find her new home is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first Lady de Winter."
  • "A timid young girl marries a troubled widower, only to find her new home is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first Lady de Winter."@en
  • "A young woman, after a brief courtship, becomes the wife of an English aristocrat, Maxim de Winter. The two are deeply in love, but the memory of Max's first wife, Rebecca, still lingers on at Manderley, their country mansion. The beauty and charm of the first wife haunt the new wife, whose unfamiliarity with life in the grand manner makes her seem a poor choice in comparison. It is only in the revelation of Rebecca's death that the new mistress of Manderley finds the happiness which almost eluded her."@en
  • "A newlywed young woman discovers that, far from being the mistress of her new husband's home, she, the house and its occupants are dominated by the memory of her precedessor, lovely Rebecca."@en
  • "Against the setting of a great English estate unfolds the story of Rebecca, its glamorous mistress, who had been dead for eight months. Maxim de Winter's young and frightened second wife gradually realizes that there is some mystery surrounding her death, but it is not until the night of the big costume ball that her suspicions are confirmed and, with an ever-increasing atmosphere of impending disaster, the real story becomes known.(from book)."@en
  • "Read by Juliet Stevenson."
  • ""Filled with passion, deceit and suspense, this Enhanced AudioTrack is based on Daphne du Maurier's classic psychological thriller and adapted from the acclaimed PBS Masterpiece Theatre presentation.""
  • "When Maxim de Winter brings his shy new bride to his beautiful stately home on the Cornwall coast, it seems like all her dreams have come true. But she soon finds that Manderley is haunted by the shadow of Maxim's first wife, Rebecca, who died the year before. As the hot summer fades, the mystery of Rebecca's death grows, weaving a spell of fear and foreboding. In a series of climactic revelations, Rebecca's memory is finally laid to rest, but at what cost? Harriet Walter reads Daphne du Maurier's Gothic masterpiece."@en
  • "When Maxim de Winter brings his shy new bride to his beautiful stately home on the Cornwall coast, it seems like all her dreams have come true. But she soon finds that Manderley is haunted by the shadow of Maxim's first wife, Rebecca, who died the year before. As the hot summer fades, the mystery of Rebecca's death grows, weaving a spell of fear and foreboding. In a series of climactic revelations, Rebecca's memory is finally laid to rest, but at what cost? Harriet Walter reads Daphne du Maurier's Gothic masterpiece."
  • "A young girl becomes the second Mrs. Max de Winter, only to find that she is not the mistress of Manderley. Instead, the house and its occupants are dominated by the memory of Rebecca, her predecessor."@en
  • "A young, inexperienced woman runs headlong into the haunting memory of her husband's first wife when she marries and joins him at his country home, Manderly."
  • "The story about a young woman who is haunted by the memory of her husband's first wife."
  • "The second Mrs. de Winter recalls the events that led her to the isolated gray stone manse on the the windswept Cornish coast. With a husband she barely knew, the young bride arrived at this immense estate, only to be inexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter, the beautiful Rebecca, dead, but never forgotten; and as an eerie presentiment of evil tightened around her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter began her search for the real fate of Rebecca-- and for the secrets of Manderley."@en
  • "The second Mrs. Maxim de Winter finds it difficult and frightening to live in the shadow of her predecessor, a situation that is exacerbated by her husband's moodiness, and the presence of sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers."@en
  • "Story of the second Mrs. de Winter who followed the man she loved from Monte Carlo to his lavish country estate Manderley, only to be drawn inescapably into the brooding passions of a romance long dead but unforgotten."
  • "The second Mrs. Maxim de Winter enters the home of her mysterious and enigmatic new husband and learns the story of the house's first mistress, to whom the sinister housekeeper is unnaturally devoted."
  • "Everywhere Maxim de Winter's young and frightened second wife turns, there are memories of Rebecca, his first wife. Hard as she tries to live her own life with Maxim at Manderley, it seems that the memory of Rebecca is there to live it for her."
  • "Everywhere Maxim de Winter's young and frightened second wife turns, there are memories of Rebecca, his first wife. Hard as she tries to live her own life with Maxim at Manderley, it seems that the memory of Rebecca is there to live it for her."@en
  • "After a brief courtship a young woman becomes the wife of an English aristocrat. The two are deeply in love, but the memory of Max's first wife, Rebecca, still lingers on at Manderley, their country mansion."@en
  • "Daphne du Maurier's young heroine meets the charming Maxim de Winter and despite her youth, they marry and go to Manderley, his home in Cornwall. There, the sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers and the mystery she keeps alive of his first wife Rebecca -- said to have drowned at sea -- threatens to overwhelm the marriage."@en
  • "A man brings his second wife to his home where she becomes increasingly aware that there is some mystery hanging over the death of his first wife, whose presence still fills the house."@en
  • "A young woman marries a widower and learns the secret of his first wife, Rebecca."@en
  • "The second Mrs. de Winter seeks for the truth about the fate of the first Mrs. de Winter, Rebecca."@en
  • ""Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." So the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter remembered the chilling events that led her down the turning drive past the beeches, white and naked, to the isolated gray stone manse on the windswept Cornish coast. With a husband she barely knew, the young bride arrived at this immense estate, only to be inexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter, the beautiful Rebecca, dead but never forgotten, her suite of rooms never touched, her clothes ready to be worn, her servant - the sinister Mrs. Danvers - still loyal. And as an eerie presentiment of evil tightened around her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter began her search for the real fate of Rebecca, for the secrets of Manderley.-Back cover."
  • "Historical mystery romance."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "For months after her death, the memory of Rebecca de Winter continues to dominate everyone at her former home, Manderley, one of the most famous English country houses."@en
  • "A young bride finds her new life overshadowed by the memories of her husband's dead first wife."@en
  • "Rebecca, the glamorous mistress of a great English estate, died eight months before Maxim de Winter brought a young and frightened second wife to live there. Mystery, intrigue, and violence eventually reveal the circumstances surrounding Rebecca's death."@en
  • "Everywhere Maxim de Winter's young and frightened second wife turns, there are memories of Rebecca, his first wife. Hard as she tries to live her own life with Maxim at Manderley, it seems that the memory of Rebecca is there to live it for her.--"@en

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
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  • "Rebecca / by Daphne duMaurier"
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  • "Rebecca Rebecca"
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  • "Rebecca a novel of suspense"

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