Sometimes I would like to return to the past. Live in an age when life was much more simple, people were kinder, and life was less about money and possessions. Or was there ever such a time? Perhaps there was never such a time?
Books can take us back in time and there's nothing more exciting than being gripped by a good novel....even one loaded with vivid characters who weren't always kind!
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again........"
I have just finished reading, Daphne du Maurier's amazing classic 'REBECCA'. The Boston Herald hit the nail on the head when they stated in a review that this book had "The relentlessness of a vivid nightmare".
The rough, weather beaten Cornish coast, the quintessential English country manor house with beautiful gardens, the housekeeper, servants living the 'downstairs' life, calling cards, house parties, costume balls, sports cars........come to think of it, they still live on today in parts of Britain today.
Manderley was drawn from Du Maurier's own home in Cornwall, Menabilly, an Elizabethan house which she rescued from total decay during the later years of WWII.
'Rebecca' was the winner of the Anthony Award for the Best Novel of the Century. Du Maurier penned 37 books. Among her more famous works are Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, The Scapegoat, and the short story The Birds.........all of which were subsequently made into films. She was made Dame of the British Empire in 1969. She died in 1989 at the age of 82.
Perhaps you would like to read this book. If so, leave a comment on this post only. I'll draw a name on Thursday then pop it in the post to the winner.
Books can take us back in time and there's nothing more exciting than being gripped by a good novel....even one loaded with vivid characters who weren't always kind!
I have just finished reading, Daphne du Maurier's amazing classic 'REBECCA'. The Boston Herald hit the nail on the head when they stated in a review that this book had "The relentlessness of a vivid nightmare".
The rough, weather beaten Cornish coast, the quintessential English country manor house with beautiful gardens, the housekeeper, servants living the 'downstairs' life, calling cards, house parties, costume balls, sports cars........come to think of it, they still live on today in parts of Britain today.
Manderley was drawn from Du Maurier's own home in Cornwall, Menabilly, an Elizabethan house which she rescued from total decay during the later years of WWII.
'Rebecca' was the winner of the Anthony Award for the Best Novel of the Century. Du Maurier penned 37 books. Among her more famous works are Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, The Scapegoat, and the short story The Birds.........all of which were subsequently made into films. She was made Dame of the British Empire in 1969. She died in 1989 at the age of 82.
Perhaps you would like to read this book. If so, leave a comment on this post only. I'll draw a name on Thursday then pop it in the post to the winner.
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