Rebecca: A BBC Radio 4 reading

Written by:
Daphne du Maurier
Narrated by:
Harriet Walters

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
15
Narrator
7
Release Date
March 2006
Duration
3 hours 6 minutes
Summary
'There was Manderley, our Manderley, secretive and silent as it had always been...Time itself could not wreck the perfect symmetry of those walls, nor the site itself, a jewel in the hollow of a hand.'

When Maxim de Winter brings his shy new bride to his beautiful stately home on the Cornwall coast, it seems like all her dreams have come true. The terrace slopes to the lawns, the lawns stretch to the sea, and the gardens are full of scented flowers.

But she soon finds that Manderley is haunted by the shadow of Maxim's first wife, Rebecca, who died the year before. It was Rebecca who made the house and gardens the showpiece of the county and her memory is revered by all, especially the housekeeper Mrs Danvers.

As the hot summer fades, the mystery of Rebecca's death grows, weaving a spell of fear and foreboding. In a series of climactic revelations, Rebecca's memory is finally laid to rest.... but at what cost?
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Anonymous

Excellent narrator! The story itself was somewhat predictable, but not enough so to guess all the details. It was only just before the characters themselves found out that I had pieced together the ending. However, the underlying tension persisted to the end, because there is some element that stays unanswered until the last page. I would not read it again, but it was definitely well entertaining on the first go.

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Rebecca K.

I think it is a good book. I like it

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