Rebecca
A brief introduction:
Our next book for this years Literature Book Club is Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
Every October or November we read some sort of horror or suspense novel, as it seems in season over Halloween. This year it is going to be a page turner of a gothic suspense novel. You won’t be able to put it down!
Originally published in 1942, this novel is everything you want in a gothic thriller: a likable heroine, a brooding handsome gentleman, a beautiful estate, and a mystery looming behind it all.
This one is going to be very fun!
*I really promise it is not scary in the modern scary movie sense…it is slightly creepy, but I can read it at night in the dark alone (and I have a low threshold for scary).
A quote to whet your appetite:
“We can never go back again, that much is certain. The past is still close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest, struggling at length to blind unreasoning panic — now mercifully stilled, thank God — might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion as it had before.”
A podcast series to accompany you:
Close Reads has a series on this book and from what I remember it was very fun to listen to. I always enjoy listening to them talk about books and find that it spurs me on to deeper thoughts to discuss at our meetings. The links below are to Apple Podcast episodes, but you can also search for them in other podcast players. And if you like them, I encourage you to follow them at their Substack Page as well (there is a free and paid option)!
Chapters 1-7
Chapters 8-14
Chapters 15-19
Final Chapters
Q & A
Bonus Episode on Rebecca Movies
The cover for the first edition!
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