Rebecca (Virago Modern Classics)
von Daphne Du Maurier
A beautiful hardback edition to mark the 80th anniversary of one of the best-loved novels ever written. A gothic tale of love, secrets and jealousy.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY'One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream. A stunning book' SARAH WATERS'Her masterpiece . . . Seldom has a dead woman exercised such power beyond the grave. Rebecca will live for ever because du Maurier touches a fearful nerve, buried deep in the unconscious' Kate Saunders, The Times'A mesmerising novel which reveals more on each reading' Helen DunmoreLast night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .Working as a lady's companion, the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his brooding estate, Manderley, on the Cornish Coast, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers . . .Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never been out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young woman consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.
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Rebecca (Virago Modern Classics)
von Daphne Du Maurier
A beautiful hardback edition to mark the 80th anniversary of one of the best-loved novels ever written. A gothic tale of love, secrets and jealousy.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY'One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream. A stunning book' SARAH WATERS'Her masterpiece . . . Seldom has a dead woman exercised such power beyond the grave. Rebecca will live for ever because du Maurier touches a fearful nerve, buried deep in the unconscious' Kate Saunders, The Times'A mesmerising novel which reveals more on each reading' Helen DunmoreLast night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .Working as a lady's companion, the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his brooding estate, Manderley, on the Cornish Coast, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers . . .Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never been out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young woman consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(10)
Rezension von Sophie Bognerdamn whoever made the musical based on this book- there are direct quotes from the book! loved this as i loved the musical!! & it‘s really funny that we still don‘t know the first name of the main protagonist as she‘s always called something else
Rezension von LechatrougeA slow, atmospheric novel with beautifully evocative descriptions of places and nature. I loved how calm the pacing feels, how the story takes its time to build the mood and slowly let the figure of Rebecca take shape. At first, everything feels ambiguous, almost slightly supernatural, but in the end it’s mostly psychological — seen through the eyes of a protagonist who overthinks and doubts herself a lot. I really appreciated her growth from being naive and insecure to becoming more mature and confident. My feelings about Rebecca changed too: from being fascinated by her to seeing her darker, more selfish side. And Manderley… the gardens, the flowers, the atmosphere — it all felt so vivid, I could almost walk through it.
Rezension von KathiIncredible!
Rezension von Sarah Michelle WeilDaphne du Mauriers Rebecca ist ein atmosphärisch dichter Roman, zu dem ich schon lange eine besondere Verbindung habe: Zuerst habe ich die Hitchcock-Verfilmung von 1940 gesehen, die mich sehr beeindruckt hat, später auch das Musical gehört, das ich als besonders tiefgreifend empfinde. Beim Lesen des Romans selbst haben mich die Figuren stark beschäftigt. Anfangs war mir Maxim de Winter äußerst unsympathisch, ebenso wie die namenlose Protagonistin. Ihre Tendenz, sich vieles schönzureden und stets Harmonie zu suchen, wirkte auf mich oft anstrengend. Dennoch gab es Passagen, in denen ich mich sowohl mit ihr als auch mit Maxim identifizieren konnte – was ebenso verstörend wie faszinierend war. Fast schon psychisch schmerzhaft war es zu verfolgen, wie beide sehenden Auges in ihr Unglück rennen. Die Namenslosigkeit der Erzählerin verstärkt auf eindrucksvolle Weise Rebeccas Übermacht und ihr Nachwirken über den Tod hinaus. Besonders hervorheben möchte ich den Schreibstil du Mauriers, welcher bildhaft, elegant und zugleich flüssig zu lesen war, wodurch man leicht in die düstere, spannungsgeladene Atmosphäre hineingezogen wird. 4,5/5⭐️
Rezension von Artemis"One day the woman would grow old or tired or different, .... But Rebecca would never grow old. Rebecca would always be the same. And her I could not fight. She was too strong for me." No words I could possibly write could do this book justice. Wow. Wow. Wow. I was hooked from page one. The writing is so lyrical and beautiful, even though this book is written in first person (which I usually dislike). But for this one, it was absolutely necessary. Normally I can’t come up with theories- that’s just not the way my brain works, but with Rebecca I could and did. Though my theories weren’t 100% correct, the plot twist is diabolical. Daphne did such an incredible job with the character work. Every single one of them was amazing, even if most of them weren’t lovable at all. I wasn’t bored for a single page, and I annotated so much from the very first until the very last. And the ending was insane. Literally. A masterpiece.