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.
The 70th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1938
- Nationality
- British
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 300-400
- Words
- 115,500
- Original Language
- English
- Alternate Titles
- None
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- 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)
- 20th on Top 100 Killer Thrillers (NPR)
- 25th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- 28th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 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)
- 44th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 44th on Click If You Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories (NPR)
- 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)
- 57th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
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- 71st on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 81st on Top 100 Books, As Chosen By Canadians (The Gazette(Newspaper))
- 89th on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
- 128th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 338th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
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