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Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Audio Cassette (Audio Partners, Aug. 1, 1999)

After their honeymoon, wealthy Max de Winter and his bride return to his country estate in Cornwall. But the unsettling presence of Rebecca, the deceased first Mrs. de Winter, lingers in the mansion and in reminders from the strange housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.

Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier

Paperback (Pocket Books, Aug. 16, 1965)

This book has been specially prepared to make enjoyable reading for people to whom English is a second or a foreign language. This story is told by the second wife of Maxim de Winter. Their home is at Manderley, in the West of England. Rebecca was the name of Maxim de Winter's first wife.

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Hardcover (Victor Gollancz, Aug. 16, 1942)

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Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier

(Gyldendal Norsk, Jan. 1, 1939)

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Rebecca, A Play in Three Acts

Daphne Du Maurier

Paperback (Samuel French Limited, Aug. 16, 1939)

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Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier

Hardcover (Modern Library, Aug. 16, 1965)

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Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier

Paperback (POCKET BOOKS @, Aug. 16, 1945)

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, 2nd Printing, Pocket Book #205, published October 1945. 1st printing was 1943. Original hardcover published by Doubleday Doran 1938. The story is so popular and successful that it has never been out of print. Plot summary: “"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" is the book's famous opening line. While working as the companion to a rich American woman on holiday in Monte Carlo, the narrator, a naïve young woman in her early 20s, becomes acquainted with a wealthy Englishman, Maximilian (Maxim) de Winter, a widower aged 42. After a fortnight of courtship, she agrees to marry him and, after the wedding and honeymoon, accompanies him to his mansion in Cornwall, the beautiful West Country estate Manderley. A cautionary tale of young women seeking rich husbands.