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The multi-million-copy bestseller that has enthralled generations of readers. A haunting tale of obsessive love. A mesmerizing psychological thriller.

In Monte Carlo, 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 Manderley, her husband's cavernous estate on the Cornish coast, that she realizes how vast a shadow his late wife, Rebecca, will cast over their lives--introducing a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their love from beyond the grave.

This universally acclaimed novel has remained consistently in print since its original publication in 1938 and has frequently been adapted--for television, radio, the theater, and film--most notably in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock, whose Rebecca received the Academy Award for Best Picture, and in the 2020 Netflix film starring Lily James and Armie Hammer.


"Excellent entertainment...Du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings." --Stephen King

"One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream." --Sarah Waters

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Published Sep 5, 2023

448 pages

Average rating: 7.78

961 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

CeLynasings
Aug 04, 2024
4/10 stars
The pacing for me with the gothic writing left me wanting to skim the pages rather than take in the beauty of the writing. Not to say it isn’t written well, it is just not the style I prefer. I have not ever been a Jane Austin or Frankenstein Fan of that era of writing. It was an interesting take though on the perspective of what would a person do if they found that their spouse had a colored past.
heathertb
Nov 21, 2025
A gothic story of a young bride and the first wife's ghost who haunts her
Josie the book goblin
Aug 22, 2025
8/10 stars
This was a haunting and beautiful story. Reading from the veiw of a young woman who feels as if she is living in the shadow of the woman who came before her. She struggles in a competition and the fear of not being better than her and watching the mystery of the ex wife, Rebecca's life played out and who she was as a person. It made me want to pat her on her back and tell her she is enough and also slap her and tell her to knock it off. When I started this book I thought it was a book about a ghost. It wasn't a haunting I was expecting but more of a mental haunting.
APFielder
Jul 10, 2025
8/10 stars
Classic noir vibes. Believable sneak peek into one woman’s intrusive thoughts and self talk as she navigates a new marriage and residence.
jenmay
May 22, 2025
7/10 stars
A classic gothic novel to a T.

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