Rebecca

<p><b>The multi‑million‑copy bestseller that has enthralled generations of readers. A haunting tale of obsessive love. A mesmerizing psychological thriller.</b></p> 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. <p>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 <i>Rebecca</i> received the Academy Award for Best Picture, and in the 2020 Netflix film starring Lily James and Armie Hammer.</p> <br> <br> "Excellent entertainment...Du Maurier created a scale by which modern women can measure their feelings." --Stephen King<br> <br> <br> <br> "One of the most influential novels of the twentieth century, <i>Rebecca</i> has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream." --Sarah Waters