[.ca] Rebecca (ISBN 1572705027)

Chronique amazon.fr:
Sur Manderley, superbe demeure de l'ouest de l'Angleterre, aux atours victoriens, planent l'angoisse, le doute : la nouvelle épouse de Maximilien de Winter, frêle et innocente jeune femme, réussira-t-elle à se substituer à l'ancienne madame de Winter, morte noyée quelque temps auparavant ? Daphné du Maurier plonge chaque page de son roman - popularisé par le film d'Hitchcock, tourné en 1940, avec Laurence Olivier et Joan Fontaine - dans une ambiance insoutenable, filigranée par un suspense admirablement distillé, touche après touche, comme pour mieux conserver à chaque nouvelle scène son rythme haletant, pour ne pas dire sa cadence infernale. Un récit d'une étrange rivalité entre une vivante - la nouvelle madame de Winter - et le fantôme d'une défunte, qui hante Maximilien, exerçant sur lui une psychose, dont un analyste aurait bien du mal à dessiner les contours avec certitude. Du grand art que l'écriture de Daphné du Maurier, qui signe là un véritable chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature du XXe siècle, mi-roman policier, mi-drame psychologique familial bourgeois. --Pierre Guillaume

Fantastic!!!:
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again..." With that opening sentence, Rebecca offers an addicting and engrossing journey into the mind of our unnamed heroine, slowly tortured by her new marriage to Maxim DeWinter, a man twice her age, and haunted by his dead first wife, Rebecca--whose body was never discovered. She finds herself living in Rebecca's shadow and haunted by the mystery of the woman's death. She is and always will be the SECOND Mrs. DeWinter, something the sinister housekeeper, Ms. Danvers, will not let her forget. Rebecca is a novel of mystery and passion, a deliciously dark psychological tale with a brooding atmosphere and unbearable tension. Daphne DuMaurier has crafted an exceptional masterpiece of romantic suspense, one of the best books of the 20th century and possibly the best book in the romantic suspense genre. Highly Recommended!!!

Unengaging:
Read a few chapters, found it boring and so I gave up on it. (DNF)

The Search for Happiness:
This is a novel of mystery as well as intrigue. It is exceptionally written and an alluring read. The narrator, young and naive sets out to a new life she could only dream of. She is recently married to the rich and secretive Maxim de Winter, who owns the Manderly mansion. His former life plagues her and reveals horrific details of Maxim's past. Rebecca, Maxim's late wife, whose shadow the narrator walks in, becomes the one person who can shatter her newly found happiness. Rebecca's death still holds mystery but the truth has its ways of being known. I thought the book to be thrilling and compelling, keeping you at the edge of your seat with each turn of the page. The language is very descriptive and almost poetic. Each character, setting and element significant to the novel is vividly portrayed through her eloquent writings. This novel truly is a joy to read due to the puzzling plot which keeps the reader guessing right up to the very end.

An Amazing Novel:
Rebecca was an amazing novel!! From the nameless herione to mysterious Maxim De Winter and Manderlay to the book's namesake, Rebecca. Du Marier's book was amazing, and I highly suggest it to anyone. It will take you on a rollar coaster of amazing intervowen plots and shocking secrets. Go buy Rebecca today!

Actually 4 1/2 stars...:
WOW! What a great book! This was actually my first real "Grown-Up" person novel that I have ever read, and im only 14 yrs old! (well, technically, I was late into my 13tnh year when I read this, but you get the idea!) My mom actually reccomended this to me, as I had to read a book atleast 300 pgs. at length for a school project, but it hardly felt like it was an assignment! Though at first it may seem like you may NEVER finish it for people my age, it flys right by! CAUTION: Do NOT read the sequel!