Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Rebecca


Today's book is the timeless masterpiece by the author Daphne Du Maurier, a must read in one's lifetime.

This is Manderly- notorious, ridden by evil. Its mistress, Rebecca de Winter, has benn dead for eight months, drowned in a sailing accident. She was glamourous and adored. But through the eyes of Rebecca's successor at Manderly- Maxim de Winter's shy young wife- we come to know Rebecca as she really was. We realize with horror, the power she holds over Manderly even in death, and we watch her satanic curse paralyze Maxim de Winter's ove for his new wife. Then suddenly, a dramatic and bold revelation shatters Rebecca's spell...

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