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Rebecca

by Daphne du Maurier (1938)

About this book

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. So begins the famous story of a naive young companion who impulsively marries wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. Arriving at his isolated Cornish estate, Manderley, she discovers that the memory of his glamorous first wife Rebecca holds a sinister, suffocating sway over the house and its housekeeper Mrs. Danvers.

Setting / LocationManderley Estate, Cornwall
Story Era1930s
Protagonist / CoreThe Second Mrs. de Winter & Maxim de Winter

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