Book Talk #114: "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier

Is your 2027 goal to join a book club? Read more books? Get out of your comfort zone?
Join us for our first book of 2027 with a classic, gothic novel:
"Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier.
Snacks will be provided, but feel free to bring something to share if you would like! Drinks available for purchase at the bar (Cash Only!)
Published in 1938, "Rebecca" has inspired countless adaptation, including an Academy Award winning Hitchcock film.
Description from Goodreads.com:
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..."
The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.
First published in 1938, this classic gothic novel is such a compelling read that it won the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century