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Panels I went to at #NecronomiconPVD:
The Daphne du Maurier panel discussed The Birds as you'd expect, but I didn't realize that she also wrote Don't Look Now. Panelists also discussed a bunch of her stories that were weird fiction, such as The Blue Lenses (a woman regains sight after an eye operation and now sees people as having animal heads) or The Pool (a small child finds a pool in the forest that seems to lead to another world).
The Arthur Machen panel gave a well-organized account of his long life and career, focusing on the well-known books (The Great God Pan; The White People) but also the flap over his story The Bowmen and his late-career work.
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Panels I went to at #NecronomiconPVD:
The Daphne du Maurier panel discussed The Birds as you'd expect, but I didn't realize that she also wrote Don't Look Now. Panelists also discussed a bunch of her stories that were weird fiction, such as The Blue Lenses (a woman regains sight after an eye operation and now sees people as having animal heads) or The Pool (a small child finds a pool in the forest that seems to lead to another world).
The Arthur Machen panel gave a well-organized account of his long life and career, focusing on the well-known books (The Great God Pan; The White People) but also the flap over his story The Bowmen and his late-career work.
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Panels I went to at #NecronomiconPVD:
The Daphne du Maurier panel discussed The Birds as you'd expect, but I didn't realize that she also wrote Don't Look Now. Panelists also discussed a bunch of her stories that were weird fiction, such as The Blue Lenses (a woman regains sight after an eye operation and now sees people as having animal heads) or The Pool (a small child finds a pool in the forest that seems to lead to another world).
The Arthur Machen panel gave a well-organized account of his long life and career, focusing on the well-known books (The Great God Pan; The White People) but also the flap over his story The Bowmen and his late-career work.
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‘Poirot’s hotel was the place to stay in Istanbul’: the book that inspired my travels
By Guardian StaffFalling in love with a novel motivated these five travel writers to immerse themselves in locations from the Yukon and Kyrgyzstan to the Côte d’Azur
#Literarytrips #Travel #Books #Travelwriting #Culture #Europeholidays #DaphneduMaurier #AgathaChristie #JackLondon #UnitedKingdomholidays #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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‘Poirot’s hotel was the place to stay in Istanbul’: the book that inspired my travels
By Guardian StaffFalling in love with a novel motivated these five travel writers to immerse themselves in locations from the Yukon and Kyrgyzstan to the Côte d’Azur
#Literarytrips #Travel #Books #Travelwriting #Culture #Europeholidays #DaphneduMaurier #AgathaChristie #JackLondon #UnitedKingdomholidays #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Today is Daphne du Maurier’s birthday!
Few #writers could create an atmosphere like Daphne du Maurier. Her #stories begin elegantly, then something shifts. A beautiful house can become a prison, love can turn into possession, and silence can be more frightening than a scream. Suddenly you are #reading faster than you planned.
Have you read any of her #novels?
#today #onthisday #birthday #DaphneduMaurier #Maurier #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #readingcommunity #booksky #book
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Today is Daphne du Maurier’s birthday!
Few #writers could create an atmosphere like Daphne du Maurier. Her #stories begin elegantly, then something shifts. A beautiful house can become a prison, love can turn into possession, and silence can be more frightening than a scream. Suddenly you are #reading faster than you planned.
Have you read any of her #novels?
#today #onthisday #birthday #DaphneduMaurier #Maurier #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #readingcommunity #booksky #book
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Today is Daphne du Maurier’s birthday!
Few #writers could create an atmosphere like Daphne du Maurier. Her #stories begin elegantly, then something shifts. A beautiful house can become a prison, love can turn into possession, and silence can be more frightening than a scream. Suddenly you are #reading faster than you planned.
Have you read any of her #novels?
#today #onthisday #birthday #DaphneduMaurier #Maurier #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #readingcommunity #booksky #book
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CW: The Alibi Spoilers
I've been reading some of Daphne du Maurier's short stories and they are quite good. But I always get a sense that I'm missing something, or what I read isn't actually what happened.
Du Maurier never quite gives it to you straight. Things are said, things are alluded to, but you are often left feeling you haven't been given all the answers.
The Alibi is one such story. It's casually dark, with Anna Kaufman tying her infant son up all the time, and it is full of surprises with a potential killer suddenly finding an unexpected passion for painting.
But the end, when the man confesses: I'm not entirely sure what happened. I read about a man renting a room, taking up painting ... but maybe none of that happened.
Because he didn't notice Kaufman was pregnant. And why confess to something he initially wanted to do, but didn't actually do?
One reading is he has no alibi, and cannot provide proof of innocence. Another reading is that he feels guilty and his intention to commit murder is as good as committing it because he lied and hid his true intentions.
But another reading is that none of what we're told actually happens and what he is accused of is the actual crime he committed.
idk her stories just do that to me.
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CW: The Alibi Spoilers
I've been reading some of Daphne du Maurier's short stories and they are quite good. But I always get a sense that I'm missing something, or what I read isn't actually what happened.
Du Maurier never quite gives it to you straight. Things are said, things are alluded to, but you are often left feeling you haven't been given all the answers.
The Alibi is one such story. It's casually dark, with Anna Kaufman tying her infant son up all the time, and it is full of surprises with a potential killer suddenly finding an unexpected passion for painting.
But the end, when the man confesses: I'm not entirely sure what happened. I read about a man renting a room, taking up painting ... but maybe none of that happened.
Because he didn't notice Kaufman was pregnant. And why confess to something he initially wanted to do, but didn't actually do?
One reading is he has no alibi, and cannot provide proof of innocence. Another reading is that he feels guilty and his intention to commit murder is as good as committing it because he lied and hid his true intentions.
But another reading is that none of what we're told actually happens and what he is accused of is the actual crime he committed.
idk her stories just do that to me.
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CW: The Alibi Spoilers
I've been reading some of Daphne du Maurier's short stories and they are quite good. But I always get a sense that I'm missing something, or what I read isn't actually what happened.
Du Maurier never quite gives it to you straight. Things are said, things are alluded to, but you are often left feeling you haven't been given all the answers.
The Alibi is one such story. It's casually dark, with Anna Kaufman tying her infant son up all the time, and it is full of surprises with a potential killer suddenly finding an unexpected passion for painting.
But the end, when the man confesses: I'm not entirely sure what happened. I read about a man renting a room, taking up painting ... but maybe none of that happened.
Because he didn't notice Kaufman was pregnant. And why confess to something he initially wanted to do, but didn't actually do?
One reading is he has no alibi, and cannot provide proof of innocence. Another reading is that he feels guilty and his intention to commit murder is as good as committing it because he lied and hid his true intentions.
But another reading is that none of what we're told actually happens and what he is accused of is the actual crime he committed.
idk her stories just do that to me.
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So, after finishing… Not as top-tier as Rebecca, but delightfully sinister and everyone got what they deserved. Something about the way Daphne du Maurier writes… like… it's very educational for my autist learning How To Person studies. It teaches me how to see people and read people and also, like, "OH! That's how women are able to manipulate these stupid men!" Not that I ever would… but I am taking notes for the sake of general knowledge…
BUT. We need to address the doofus that is Philip Ashley in the room because I genuinely… Like, I'm not giving him a pass for the physical abuse EXCEPT he was literally poisoned and not right in the head… so, like half a pass. But he is just Big Stupid Boy. Sheltered, emotionally inexperienced boy. You can't be mad at him for being a "bad" guy, because he thought he was doing the right thing, and you can't really yell at him "how can you be so oblivious?!" either, because… he was a young man lacking people skills and intuition and self-preservation (because why would he need it?) and he got DUPED and DEVOURED. Like, poor thing. Poor little idiot. You made some unwise decisions and had to learn the hard way. That's the way it goes, sometimes. I pity him. Not, "aww my poor lil bb" pity, just… Fuck around and find out, buddy. Sorry, it sucks. But you were just so clueless. (Uncle Ambrose didn't help by isolating him. I mean, you do really need early socialization with women to understand women when you start to have feelings… And I get it, your best little pal is a girl but it's like… she's not a girl?! She's Louise?! Like—?? "What are you talking about?" lol Absolute clown.)
HOWEVER semi-serious consideration of power dynamics aside… How am I supposed to take a man seriously who thinks things like, "He was so close I could have thrown a biscuit at him." ??? A BISCUIT?! PHILIP! You HATE this guy and the best thing you can think to throw is a BISCUIT. Oh, Philip. The real gothic knife-twist tragedy in this novel is that Daphne made you such a schmuck and then threw Rachel at you.
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#Daphne-du-Maurier #My-Cousin-Rachel #gothic-novel #gothic-literature #classic-literature #book-review #autist #audhd #reading -
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In Chapter 11 of Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel, and oh, oh Mr. Philip Ashley…
You really ARE a giant dum-dum of a little boy, aren't you?
Like, I love du Maurier and I've actually managed to not spoil the plot of this one for myself before I read it, so I know we're pre GOTHIC PLOT TWIST - and I can't wait to see how Daphne tortures her characters - but oh. Oh Philip. Such an empty noodle on top of your neck. You could be malevolent or tragic. But right now you're just so oblivious.
#Daphne-du-Maurier #My-Cousin-Rachel #Philip-Ashley #first-read #gothic-novel #1951 #literature -
In Chapter 11 of Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel, and oh, oh Mr. Philip Ashley…
You really ARE a giant dum-dum of a little boy, aren't you?
Like I love du Maurier and I've actually managed to not spoil the plot of this one for myself before I read it, so I know we're pre GOTHIC PLOT TWIST - and I can't wait to see how Daphne tortures her characters - but oh. Oh Philip. Such an empty noodle on top of your neck. You could be malevolent or tragic. But right now you're just so oblivious.
#Daphne-du-Maurier #My-Cousin-Rachel #Philip-Ashley #first-read #gothic-novel #1951 #literature -
In Chapter 11 of Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel, and oh, oh Mr. Philip Ashley…
You really ARE a giant dum-dum of a little boy, aren't you?
Like, I love du Maurier and I've actually managed to not spoil the plot of this one for myself before I read it, so I know we're pre GOTHIC PLOT TWIST - and I can't wait to see how Daphne tortures her characters - but oh. Oh Philip. Such an empty noodle on top of your neck. You could be malevolent or tragic. But right now you're just so oblivious.
#Daphne-du-Maurier #My-Cousin-Rachel #Philip-Ashley #first-read #gothic-novel #1951 #literature -
Actually -- and I might be imagining this -- but #DaphneDuMaurier's writing style reminds me quite a lot of #StephenKing's writing style.
Not sure why.
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Actually -- and I might be imagining this -- but #DaphneDuMaurier's writing style reminds me quite a lot of #StephenKing's writing style.
Not sure why.
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Actually -- and I might be imagining this -- but #DaphneDuMaurier's writing style reminds me quite a lot of #StephenKing's writing style.
Not sure why.
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I'm rereading The Blue Lenses so I can write a blog post about it.
And that's the thing about #DaphneDuMaurier's work; you kind of have to read them a couple of times because they're so intriguing.
At least, I have to ...
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I'm rereading The Blue Lenses so I can write a blog post about it.
And that's the thing about #DaphneDuMaurier's work; you kind of have to read them a couple of times because they're so intriguing.
At least, I have to ...
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I'm rereading The Blue Lenses so I can write a blog post about it.
And that's the thing about #DaphneDuMaurier's work; you kind of have to read them a couple of times because they're so intriguing.
At least, I have to ...
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I'm #reading Don't Look Now by #DaphneDuMaurier and so far it's good.
But it's very readable, with the characters' quirks and the general way they behave.
And, you know, Stephen King wrote the foreword to the collection of short stories I'm reading, and I think there is something distinctly similar between King's written style and Du Maurier's.
They're quite similar I think. But as much as I loved Misery and The Shining, I think Rebecca comes out tops.
I think I'd lean to Daphne as the better writer.
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I'm #reading Don't Look Now by #DaphneDuMaurier and so far it's good.
But it's very readable, with the characters' quirks and the general way they behave.
And, you know, Stephen King wrote the foreword to the collection of short stories I'm reading, and I think there is something distinctly similar between King's written style and Du Maurier's.
They're quite similar I think. But as much as I loved Misery and The Shining, I think Rebecca comes out tops.
I think I'd lean to Daphne as the better writer.
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I'm #reading Don't Look Now by #DaphneDuMaurier and so far it's good.
But it's very readable, with the characters' quirks and the general way they behave.
And, you know, Stephen King wrote the foreword to the collection of short stories I'm reading, and I think there is something distinctly similar between King's written style and Du Maurier's.
They're quite similar I think. But as much as I loved Misery and The Shining, I think Rebecca comes out tops.
I think I'd lean to Daphne as the better writer.
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#DaphneDuMaurier is a fantastic writer.
It's not often you read a #ShortStory and really enjoy it and have it stuck in your head.
The Blue Lenses is just brilliant. It is silly yet touches on something more troubling. Yet, Maurier never really says things explicitly -- a bit like #Rebecca -- and the reader has to piece things together.
Her works can be quite cryptic and they leave you with questions.
The ending of Blue Lenses is brilliant. I wasn't quite sure where it was heading, but the ending doesn't disappoint.
But the ending is cryptic and it's one of those stories you have to re-read to pick up on the nuances you might have missed.
But I love how she uses an absurd occurrence to touch upon underlying themes. How the something strange actually turns out to be the subconsciousness at work, and turns out to be revealing more of reality.
It's very good.
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#DaphneDuMaurier is a fantastic writer.
It's not often you read a #ShortStory and really enjoy it and have it stuck in your head.
The Blue Lenses is just brilliant. It is silly yet touches on something more troubling. Yet, Maurier never really says things explicitly -- a bit like #Rebecca -- and the reader has to piece things together.
Her works can be quite cryptic and they leave you with questions.
The ending of Blue Lenses is brilliant. I wasn't quite sure where it was heading, but the ending doesn't disappoint.
But the ending is cryptic and it's one of those stories you have to re-read to pick up on the nuances you might have missed.
But I love how she uses an absurd occurrence to touch upon underlying themes. How the something strange actually turns out to be the subconsciousness at work, and turns out to be revealing more of reality.
It's very good.
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#DaphneDuMaurier is a fantastic writer.
It's not often you read a #ShortStory and really enjoy it and have it stuck in your head.
The Blue Lenses is just brilliant. It is silly yet touches on something more troubling. Yet, Maurier never really says things explicitly -- a bit like #Rebecca -- and the reader has to piece things together.
Her works can be quite cryptic and they leave you with questions.
The ending of Blue Lenses is brilliant. I wasn't quite sure where it was heading, but the ending doesn't disappoint.
But the ending is cryptic and it's one of those stories you have to re-read to pick up on the nuances you might have missed.
But I love how she uses an absurd occurrence to touch upon underlying themes. How the something strange actually turns out to be the subconsciousness at work, and turns out to be revealing more of reality.
It's very good.
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I'm reading Daphne Du Maurier's Blue Lenses and I haven't finished it yet but I want to know what happens to the snake head.
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I'm reading Daphne Du Maurier's Blue Lenses and I haven't finished it yet but I want to know what happens to the snake head.
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I'm reading Daphne Du Maurier's Blue Lenses and I haven't finished it yet but I want to know what happens to the snake head.
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Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights
Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […] -
Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights
Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […] -
Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights
Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […] -
Alfred Hitchcock – „Die Vögel“ (1962)Die Natur schlägt zurück. Ich glaube, auf den Konsens können wir uns irgendwie einigen. So lautet auch die bequeme Lesart dieses Films von Alfred Hitchcock. Das ist ein Horror, als würden wir hier in 119 Minuten dem ökologischen Gleichgewicht beim Umkippen zusehen können. Doch für mich ist diese Geschichte viel weniger eine Parabel als eine echte Zumutung. Und weil es vermutlich immer noch Menschen gibt, die diesen Film noch nicht gesehen haben, schreibe ich mir das hier nochmal von der Seele. (ARTE, Wh.)
Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/alfred-hitchcock-die-voegel-1962/ -
Alfred Hitchcock – „Die Vögel“ (1962)Die Natur schlägt zurück. Ich glaube, auf den Konsens können wir uns irgendwie einigen. So lautet auch die bequeme Lesart dieses Films von Alfred Hitchcock. Das ist ein Horror, als würden wir hier in 119 Minuten dem ökologischen Gleichgewicht beim Umkippen zusehen können. Doch für mich ist diese Geschichte viel weniger eine Parabel als eine echte Zumutung. Und weil es vermutlich immer noch Menschen gibt, die diesen Film noch nicht gesehen haben, schreibe ich mir das hier nochmal von der Seele. (ARTE, Wh.)
Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/alfred-hitchcock-die-voegel-1962/ -
Alfred Hitchcock – „Die Vögel“ (1962)Die Natur schlägt zurück. Ich glaube, auf den Konsens können wir uns irgendwie einigen. So lautet auch die bequeme Lesart dieses Films von Alfred Hitchcock. Das ist ein Horror, als würden wir hier in 119 Minuten dem ökologischen Gleichgewicht beim Umkippen zusehen können. Doch für mich ist diese Geschichte viel weniger eine Parabel als eine echte Zumutung. Und weil es vermutlich immer noch Menschen gibt, die diesen Film noch nicht gesehen haben, schreibe ich mir das hier nochmal von der Seele. (ARTE, Wh.)
Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/alfred-hitchcock-die-voegel-1962/ -
#1172 Denys Val Baker (ed) - Cornish Short Stories. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st edition.
#DenysValBaker #PenguinBooks #Cornwall #JackClemo #DaphneDuMaurier #WinstonGraham #CharlesCausley #ALRowse #BookOfTheDay
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#1172 Denys Val Baker (ed) - Cornish Short Stories. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st edition.
#DenysValBaker #PenguinBooks #Cornwall #JackClemo #DaphneDuMaurier #WinstonGraham #CharlesCausley #ALRowse #BookOfTheDay
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#1172 Denys Val Baker (ed) - Cornish Short Stories. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1976, 1st edition.
#DenysValBaker #PenguinBooks #Cornwall #JackClemo #DaphneDuMaurier #WinstonGraham #CharlesCausley #ALRowse #BookOfTheDay
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Me got a book of #DaphneDuMaurier creepy chilling stories!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Me got a book of #DaphneDuMaurier creepy chilling stories!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Me got a book of #DaphneDuMaurier creepy chilling stories!
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Rebecca is probably the first book I've read where as soon as I finished it, I wanted to re-read it.
It's both straight forward and enigmatic at the same time.
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Rebecca is probably the first book I've read where as soon as I finished it, I wanted to re-read it.
It's both straight forward and enigmatic at the same time.
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Rebecca is probably the first book I've read where as soon as I finished it, I wanted to re-read it.
It's both straight forward and enigmatic at the same time.
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I'm halfway through #DaphneDuMaurier's Rebecca and it just gets better.
It inspires with me a plethora of emotions as I identify with the character. I feel the awkwardness and the embarrassment and the injustice and the so on.
It's just so very good.
I've seen the movie and I don't quite remember all that happen -- which is good -- but what I do remember hasn't happened yet, so I wonder if they changed the ending for the film.
I will soon find out ...
Also, this book would much better make a TV series than a movie. It's full of nuance and a great deal of care is needed to reproduce all the minor incidents well.
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I'm halfway through #DaphneDuMaurier's Rebecca and it just gets better.
It inspires with me a plethora of emotions as I identify with the character. I feel the awkwardness and the embarrassment and the injustice and the so on.
It's just so very good.
I've seen the movie and I don't quite remember all that happen -- which is good -- but what I do remember hasn't happened yet, so I wonder if they changed the ending for the film.
I will soon find out ...
Also, this book would much better make a TV series than a movie. It's full of nuance and a great deal of care is needed to reproduce all the minor incidents well.
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I'm halfway through #DaphneDuMaurier's Rebecca and it just gets better.
It inspires with me a plethora of emotions as I identify with the character. I feel the awkwardness and the embarrassment and the injustice and the so on.
It's just so very good.
I've seen the movie and I don't quite remember all that happen -- which is good -- but what I do remember hasn't happened yet, so I wonder if they changed the ending for the film.
I will soon find out ...
Also, this book would much better make a TV series than a movie. It's full of nuance and a great deal of care is needed to reproduce all the minor incidents well.
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Just a quick reminder to say that Rebecca by #DaphneDuMaurier is a really good book
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Just a quick reminder to say that Rebecca by #DaphneDuMaurier is a really good book
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Just a quick reminder to say that Rebecca by #DaphneDuMaurier is a really good book
