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 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)
- 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)
- 71st on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 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)
- 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)
- 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
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- 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Barnes and Noble)
- 87 Books Written by Women That Are So Good, You Won't Be Able to Put Them Down (Pop Sugar)
- 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)
- The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time (Time)
- The Books You've Always Meant to Read (Waterstones)
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