My Cousin Rachel. Daphne Du Maurier

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"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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352 pages

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Anonymous
Mar 23, 2024
6/10 stars
I definitely think this book was not as good as Rebecca, and the beginning actually dragged a little bit in that I got fairly bored for a little while before things started to happen - even though I'm not sure that you could even say that a lot happened, because you never really find out one way or another what was the truth and what was in Phillip's mind. I think Phillip was actually a fairly annoying protagonist since he felt so immature, and a lot of the time, I was just like :| STOP DOING THAT. Rachel was much more interesting to me, and I actually kind of sympathize with her (assuming she isn't actually trying to poison people?). She's just very well read and smart and put together, and I thought that she was very patient with Phillip despite him kind of being a jerk.

Anyway, I'm glad I read this even though it was no Rebecca. I still really like Daphne du Maurier as a writer and I still want to read her other stuff in the future.
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