Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
A young woman marries a wealthy widower and moves into his large English country house. She quickly realizes that the memory of her husband's first wife, Rebecca, haunts every corner of the estate. The housekeeper's obsessive devotion to Rebecca and the mysterious circumstances of her death continue to overshadow the second wife's attempts to make a happy life with her husband. As secrets about Rebecca's life and death are revealed, the new wife must grapple with her own identity and place within the household.
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- Published
- 1938
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 300-400
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- N°171 Rebbéca
- Rebeca
- Rebecca La Prima Moglie
- Rebeka
- Ребекка
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- 5th on 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman (United Kingdom) (Guardian)
- 5th on The Ideal Library (Book)
- 6th on The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (Crime Writers' Association)
- 9th on The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Mystery Writers of America)
- 14th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 19th on Books Of The Century (Library Journal)
- 20th on Top 100 Killer Thrillers (NPR)
- 22nd on The new modern classics — the nation’s favourite 20th century novels (The Times)
- 25th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- 28th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 31st on Top 50 Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 37th on 100 Must-Read Classics, as Chosen by our Readers (Penguin (UK))
- 37th on The 50 Best Horror Novels of All Time (Paste Magazine)
- 43rd on Edmonton's Top 100 (Edmonton Journal)
- 44th on Click If You Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories (NPR)
- 44th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 45th on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 45th on Top 50 Books (The Folio Society)
- 48th on 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors (Good Housekeeping)
- 48th on R/ClassicLiterature's Top 100 Favorite Books (R/ClassicLiterature)
- 51st on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 63rd on Readers’ Top 100 Novels Of All Time (Guardian)
- 71st on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 80th on The 100 Best Novels Of All Time In English (The Guardian)
- 81st on Top 100 Books, As Chosen By Canadians (The Gazette(Newspaper))
- 89th on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
- 91st on America’s 100 Favorite Books (WordsRated)
- 128th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 338th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (UK))
- 100 Great 20th Century English-language Works of Fiction by Women (Feminista!)
- 100 Novels That Shaped Our World (BBC)
- 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
- 125 Best Romance Books of All Time (Parade)
- 125 Books We Love for Adults (NY Public Library)
- 150 Great Reads (The Spokesman-Review Spokane Chronicle )
- 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
- 500 Great Books by Women (Book)
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 501 Must-Read Books (LibraryThing)
- 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
- 50 Most Influential Books by Women (The Guardian)
- 87 Books Written by Women That Are So Good, You Won't Be Able to Put Them Down (Pop Sugar)
- Andrew Sean Greer's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library" (The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book))
- Best Books Ever (Book Depository)
- Books by Women That Every Man Should Read (The Guardian)
- Daily Telegraph's 100 Books of the Century, 1900-1999 (Daily Telegraph)
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- The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time (Time)
- The 100 Best Thrillers according to Télérama (Télérama)
- The Books You've Always Meant to Read (Waterstones)
- The Great American Read (PBS)
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