Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier's debut novel follows the unnamed second Mrs. de Winter, a shy and insecure young woman who marries the enigmatic Maxim de Winter and moves to Manderley, his isolated estate on the windswept Cornish coast. The narrative is driven by the oppressive presence of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife, whose memory is meticulously preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers. As the protagonist struggles with her own inadequacy and the household's eerie rituals, she begins to uncover the dark secrets and shattering truths behind Rebecca's mysterious death.

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