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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

"On a trip to the South of France, the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him. But as they arrive at her husband’s home, Manderley, a change comes over Maxim, and the young bride is filled with dread. Friendless in the isolated mansion, she realises that she barely knows him. In every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife, Rebecca, and the new Mrs de Winter walks in her shadow." In what is now becoming a tradition for the book club we chose a classic for January and boy what a good one we had chosen. Quite a few of us had already read it before but this didn't stop us from all having (re)read it by the time the meeting came round. Rebecca is such a good book to talk about at book club. Why does the second Mrs De Winter not have a name? As someones wife is she not worthy enough to have one? Is she so overcast by Rebecca that nothi