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My Cousin Rachel

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND SAM CLAFLIN!

"From the first page...the reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca."--The New York Times

From Daphne du Maurier, the legendary author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, comes a gothic classic set in beautiful, mysterious, and eerie Cornwall.

Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that the man he loved died far from home. He is also suspicious. While in Italy, Ambrose fell in love with Rachel, a beautiful English and Italian woman. But the final, brief letters Ambrose wrote hint that his love had turned to paranoia and fear.

Now Rachel has arrived at Philip's newly inherited estate. Could this exquisite woman, who seems to genuinely share Philip's grief at Ambrose's death, really be as cruel as Philip imagined? Or is she the kind, passionate woman with whom Ambrose fell in love? Philip struggles to understand Rachel's intentions, knowing Ambrose's estate, his future, and his sanity, hang in the balance.

An atmospheric mystery full of doubt and paranoia, My Cousin Rachel is a suspenseful gothic treat for long-time fans and new readers of Daphne du Maurier.

Praise for Daphne du Maurier:

"Miss du Maurier is... a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile. And in My Cousin Rachel she does both, with Rebecca looking fondly over her shoulder."--New York Times

"Double-distilled readers' delight."--Manchester Guardian

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400 pages

Average rating: 8.35

20 RATINGS

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3 REVIEWS

Community Reviews

Miss Scarlett
Feb 17, 2025
8/10 stars
Firstly, I think it's a masterpiece by the way it's written. Itself is full of mystery, and dark suspense... In fact, It's a great novel. Maybe, I felt it was a bit long in the middle part... but anyway the author knew how to keep the reader busy, and excited about new events coming up from time to time, carefully incorporating new clues through the story, as she did with Ambrose's letters, to keep tension high at some points of the story. Anyway, I agree with @brunette_rapunzel; the end was a bit unsatisfactory, maybe because we will never know for sure if Rachel was guilty or innocent, I would probably have enjoyed a confrontation between Rachel and Philip, and the truth coming up at the end, this could have been and ending full of drama maybe... but who am I to argue with such a huge writer? My words mean nothing in the end. This is my first novel from her, and this is just the beginning of a great and deep admiration.
brunette_rapunzel
Aug 09, 2024
8/10 stars
I'm just going to be honest here. I loved the book itself but found the ending to be very unsatisfactory. It is beautifully written and I will be reading more of her books, but I do wish the ending were better on this one.
BookQueen
Aug 05, 2024
10/10 stars
Rating 10/10

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