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Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Illustrated by D. G. Smith

Introduced by Helen Dunmore

A classic of 20th-century literature, Daphne du Maurier’s mesmerising ’study in jealousy’ has captivated readers for generations.

US$80.00

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An immediate success on its release, Rebecca gripped readers with its drama, romance and mystery, and was soon adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock. This edition of Daphne du Maurier’s macabre masterpiece features a bold cover design and atmospheric colour and black and white images by D. G. Smith. Introducer Helen Dunmore discusses how this extraordinary psychological thriller, with its echoes of Jane Eyre, is also a searing exploration of patriarchy, retribution, female sexuality and class prejudice.

‘A mesmerising novel which reveals more on each reading’
Helen Dunmore

Meek and malleable but with a compelling narrative voice, Rebecca’s unreliable narrator is a masterly creation, artfully wielded by the author to beguile and disorientate the reader. For this gauche girl, life begins when the handsome and elusive Maxim de Winter rescues her from an odious employer and makes her his wife and mistress of Manderley, his legendary ancestral home. But, plagued by feelings of inadequacy and insecurity, she becomes obsessed with the image of Maxim’s deceased first wife, Rebecca. Embodying everything that her successor lacks, Rebecca is held up as a peerless, charismatic beauty whose allure is only heightened by her tragic demise. In death as in life, Rebecca holds sway over Manderley and all who knew her, from the tormented and malevolent housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, to the failing mother-in-law who cries out her name.

My voice was steady and cool. Not like my heart thumping inside me. Not like my mind, bitter and resentful

Increasingly isolated by her husband’s erratic moods, and the sinister manipulations of Mrs Danvers, the second Mrs de Winter ventures ever deeper into Manderley’s brooding secrets. With its subtle layers of ambiguity and concealment, Rebecca, as Dunmore writes, is a ’mesmerising novel which reveals more on each reading’. Smith’s illustrations for this edition play with the inscrutable nature of Du Maurier’ two heroines, never fully revealing the anonymous narrator nor the bewitching, enigmatic Rebecca. The binding depicts Rebecca’s monogram, a bold ’R’ overshadowing a smaller ’de W’, a symbol of Rebecca’s charisma and her dominion over the second Mrs de Winter.

Production Details

Bound in blocked cloth

Set in Jenson

432 pages

Black and white title-page spread illustration; 6 colour illustrations, and 6 black & white integrated illustrations

Blocked slipcase

9½˝ x 6¼˝

About Daphne du Maurier

About Helen Dunmore

About D. G. Smith

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Lovely design of book. Beautiful patterns. Can't wait to read it and will definitely be buying more

Review by Bex on 4th December 2024
I think this is my favourite of all my Folio Society purchases - gorgeous vibrant cover and beautiful old-fashioned sketches inside. This might sound a bit odd but I love how the Folio books smell of high quality too. It's almost too beautiful to read

Review by JENNIE on 31st October 2024
Glad to have purchase this classy

Review by Keyonna on 4th October 2024
I was very satisfied with the quality of how well the book was crafted.

Review by DANIEL BEEHLER on 23rd September 2024
This is a classic story about a mansion clinging to the past, and a Housekeeper who wants it to remain so. Rebecca, relates to the previous mistress, now deceased, and her influence on everyone who came into her realm of sphere. What I love about this book is the care and attention given to the details. Both the illustrations and the cover, being black and red in colour plus the 'R' which stands out and reflects the contents and storyline.

Review by Ebonyhawk on 20th September 2024

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