Rebecca
22.00€
| ISBN | 9781844088799 |
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| Book Format | Hardback |
| Book Author | Daphne Du Maurier |
| Qualification | International Education, Cambridge IGCSE |
| Learning Stage | Upper Secondary (14-16) |
Published:3 May 2012
. du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings’ STEPHEN KING’Rebecca is a masterpiece in which du Maurier pulls off several spectacular high-wire acts that many great writers wouldn’t attempt’ JIM CRACE, GUARDIAN On a trip to the South of France, the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him.
But as they arrive at her husband’s home, Manderley, a change comes over Maxim, and the young bride is filled with dread. Friendless in the isolated mansion, she realises that she barely knows him. In every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife, Rebecca, and the new Mrs de Winter walks in her shadow.
