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Rebecca
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
Harriet Walter reads Daphne du Maurier's Gothic masterpiece.
'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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- Jen
- 02-01-21
Very good.
If you want a short cut to “say you read Rebecca” this is an entertaining way to do it as it gives the bare bones of the story but not the atmosphere, which is the whole point of the book. Having since bought the longer version read by Anna Massey, then you realise how much better the original and the performance are- Harriet makes the character feel too young and naive, even at the beginning so you’re not really surprised she’s treated the way she is ie you’re given an alternate reason for Mrs Danvers’ behavior. Anna enthuses the older narrator with strength and dignity and the other voices are excellent. In short, if you’re stuck for time then you could do worse and listen to this, but the longer version is a lot more sinister and really really worth the ‘effort’.
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- Lauri Sim
- 29-05-21
Brilliant
Harriet Walters fantastically narrates this tragic tale of secrets, lies, murder, resentment and misplaced love. Walters is a one woman cast entirely embodying our anonymous narrator to De Winter and the obsessive Mrs Danvers, convincingly.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-02-23
Heavily abridged
Heavily abridged, loses the middle where it is at its strongest. Poor audio at the beginning. Good performer.
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