Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…
This post was inspired by the recent article The 50 Most Popular Classics from Bookadvice.
Rebecca Synopsis:
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again …
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.
(William Morrow Books, HarperCollins)
I listened to Daphne Du Maurier’s classic Rebecca in audio and was mesmerised from the haunting opening sentence…
