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One of my favorites. Haunting and beautiful. Unforgettable.

Ahhhhhh Manderley. I can picture it so easily. Wish I could go there.

Rebecca is thought to be Du Maurier's most famous and well-considered novel. It was first published in 1938 and received Britain's National Book Award. It was made into a movie in 1940 and that won the Academy award for best motion picture.

UPDATE: April 25, 2016 Re-Read with the Reading for Pleasure Book Club. Large buddy read. Looking forward to the discussion with friends in the group.

HAS to be the BEST opening sentence there ever was...."LAST NIGHT I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

"I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive, and for a while I could not enter for the way was barred to me."...."Then, like all dreamers, I was possessed of a sudden with supernatural powers and passed like a spirit through the barrier before me."

I don't think anything in this genre will ever top this read for me. The suspense, the house...The House! The coast. The un-named heroine... Rebecca...the first wife...Ms. Danvers - creepy Ms. Danvers.

Anyone questioning if they should give this a go. if it's their cuppa tea...if it lives up to the hype...question no longer. It delivers! It will haunt you and make you think about things for a long time to come.

Fascinating, brilliant, haunting, suspenseful, engaging - completely filled with everything you expect and want in a good gothic. Read it on a rainy day, read it on the train, read it by the beach, read it in your own backyard....it matters not where - just read it. Then come back here and tell me you did not love it.

A fun little note: for it's time...Alfred Hitchcock was making a movie and there is this one thing that happens...just a tiny little thing (or is it?) that was so shocking, well, Hitchcock changed it in the movie bc he thought the public would be outraged. In this day and age, probably not so much. But, it is fun trivia. Now I bet ya wanna read it and watch the movie. :-) The movie is good too!