Rebecca
10 journalers for this copy...
Review on Amazon.com:
This riveting tale of fear, suspicion, and love opens as the unnamed narrator reminisces about her former home, the grand English estate, Manderley. She had been young and shy, a lady's companion, when she met the wealthy recent widow, Maxim de Winter, fell in love with him, and married him in a matter of weeks. They returned to his home, where she was immediately overwhelmed with the responsibilities of running the house and dealing with her forbidding housekeeper as well as the memory of Maxim's first wife, Rebecca. She had been beautiful, sophisticated, and supremely confident, and the narrator felt lost and helpless in comparison. Her new husband was strangely distant to her, until a horrible secret was revealed that would change their lives and the very existence of Manderley.
Daphne Du Maurier has crafted a wonderfully spooky story with remarkably little action, but a great deal of atmosphere and a steadily mounting feeling of impending doom. The ravishing Rebecca is never seen, and yet she is the main character, dominating the story with her passions and cruelty. Another main "character" is the great house itself, which is described in such fascinating detail that I felt as if I had walked its long hallways, descended its grand stairs, and had tea in the library. The narrator is purposely kept anonymous to contrast her with the larger-than-life Rebecca, and Maxim is a seriously flawed but lovable man.
I am thinking of making it into a Bookring so others can discover it.
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Participants:
1. angela861/Intl. (US)
2. Nicoleangela/Intl. (Germany)
3. meexia/Intl. (Singapore)
4. Wandering-B/Intl. (Hong Kong)
5. DSP/Intl. (UK)
6. Tubereader/Intl. (Luxembourg)
7. ababaigalit/Intl. (Israel)
8. Timber77/Intl. (Canada)
Last person continue the Bookray or give to another Bookcrosser! <---Book is here!
teuffi's lost bookring for Rebecca - I have invited these participants to take part in my bookring.
Update: Nov. 26 - This book seems to be lost on the way to DSP, so I will send a replacement book soon.
Nov. 29 - The original book showed up, so that is great news!
Rebecca - My second copy
ladybug74 (US) *Asked to be skipped*
I'm very glad I got the chance to read this. Thank you, JennyC1230 for sharing this book. I truly enjoyed it! :-) I've PM'd the next person and will post once I receive the address.
Released 15 yrs ago (5/29/2008 UTC) at To the next participant in Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Off to Nicoleangela... Happy Reading!
Released 15 yrs ago (9/11/2008 UTC) at by mail, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Singapore
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I apologize for holding this book for a long time, but I've finally finished it and dropped it at the mailbox yesterday night. Thanks so much JennyC1230, for starting the ring. It was a slow read for me, but it could be because I read it in snippets and not in big chunks. I'm glad that I got a chance to read it though.
My full review here
Will be posting to DSP this week. (Maybe tomorrow - we have a typhoon in the area and I may not be getting out if the weather hasn't improved.)
Looking forward to reading it.
I'll be sending it to the next participant as soon as possible.
Released 15 yrs ago (12/13/2008 UTC) at by mail, To the next participant. -- Controlled Releases
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On its way to Tubereader, the next participant in this ray.
Enjoy and happy Christmas !
Thanks JennyC1230 for sharing and DSP for sending!
29th JANUARY UPDATE: A quick note to let everyone know that I have just started reading this book today.
Anyway, I am really glad that the book became more enticing at the end, because that left me with a better feeling than the one I had yesterday at lunch time! (and also, if the book had stayed as it was, it would probably have taken me at least another week to finish it!).
I kind of understand why the book is considered a classic and, maybe, even why it is on the 1001 books list as it is extremely well written.
Thanks again to JennyC1230 for sharing. I have PMed ababaigalit for their address and will post the book as soon as I have it!
Released 15 yrs ago (2/10/2009 UTC) at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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The book has been posted to ababaigalit, who is next in line.
Happy reading!
19/03/09:
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Well I am done with the re-read of this book. Yes I read it as a teenager and I loved it as I did the firs time. I have an uncle in Sacramento that says that it's good to read a book a couple of times in different parts of our life.
Rebecca", the book that gave Daphne du Maurier immortality, has all the features of the novel of its time. Balancing on the thin, invisible line between plain romance and deep psychological analysis, it is engrossing, for me to the point of sacrificing sleep.
Rebecca" is a great classic, full of suspence, with great characters. It is definitely worth reading even as the only book by du Maurier, to get acquainted with her style, and it is a very good novel for a long, winter evening, virtually moving the reader to the British countryside at the beginning of the twentieth century. Although the novel certainly aged, it did so gracefully, retaining all its charm.
To the next member of the bookring. Enjoy the book
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Update Dec 2009: finished reading the book and planning to send it on its way for a Christmas RABCK so it can continue its travels. I loved the book again - something about the writing really drew me into the scenes and kept me there too late into the night! Then there is a twist, which took me by surprise - I can't believe how much I had forgotten since the original read almost 20 years ago, how could I have forgotten! It was interesting how the book started from the future, so you already knew a little about the outcome, then after the first little while you are fully transported back to Manderley, never leaving it again even in the concluding pages. Once I picked this up, I finished it quite quickly. Hope the next reader enjoys it too!
Released 14 yrs ago (1/24/2010 UTC) at A fellow BookCrosser, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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Had a look at wishlists and sent off to Australia - enjoy!