‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…’ May 9 2013. Your posts seem to get more exciting with each passing day!This is just too wonderful! She is well named… Alice. Then we went inside, and when we reached what I thought of as the morning room, I looked at the desk that would have had all of the embroidered accoutrements in Rebecca, and there was…a laptop.
Image via You can learn more about Milton and other historic English homes in What a wonderful house!
Loving it!
As I read the book, I learned more about myself based on how the characters handled things. Before our visit, a fellow student, who was English, and I were talking about Manderley, and she told me that she had been to Menabilly years ago. There I was under the impression that a suspenseful book should have danger and intensity to keep the pages turning. Sweet kisses of distraction, sweet release.
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
I first read Rebecca in high school English, and I have read it countless times since. In Uncategorized. The classic novel, Rebecca. Got blissfully lost in this post.
Rebecca is a romantic suspense novel by Daphne Du Maurier that rocked my world as a writer.
The moment I read your heading, I knew. A passage marked by a flower, a hidden screen.
I read this book when I was about 16 and I remember loving it. I had no idea, Andrea, that this is Mrs Alice’s family!
In the movie, my heart quickens every time Mrs. Danvers shows the second wife around Rebecca’s bedroom. I picked it for my book club to read.
Thanks for letting us tour this grand house — its like a mini mental vacation for the Monday blahs!Thank you for this wonderful post. But that’s not what makes it a powerful setting. I was agog, because I’d read the book and loved the movie, and knew that the present tenants have few visitors and it is never open to the public. It’s been blissful. I was completely drawn in to the magnificent storyOn a study trip with Attingham, we visited Milton. It had haunted me ever since I furst read it.
I read this book in four days–much faster than I usually take on a 400+ page novel. At any moment in time, I felt like I could sympathize with each one of them, fear for them, and root for them.
Last night I dreamed of Manderley again.
The way that Daphne Du Maurier handles the emotions of her characters is absolutely brilliant. I felt like a tire that had been deflated, and then had to chuckle to myself. It’s something very civilised to which we may all aspire.One of my all time favorite books! The suspense from this book doesn’t come from car bombs and creepy guys in the closet, it comes from wondering if the narrator is going to overcome these internal and external conflicts. Her Instagram pictures are almost dream like. She didn’t just explore the inner workings of her main character, we get to understand all of the important ones–even Frith, the butler.
The pleached limes in the courtyard near the stables.
By Eddy Hood. Rebecca is my favorite, as well. #amreading
Of course, it is one of the ‘classics’. She interacts with the setting, which is a constant reflection of how she’s developing as a character. The solid mass of the building, the mellow stone of the hall, and the overall beauty of the estate, with a feeling that it had always been so, and always would be. It was a highlight of my many trips to England and many stately homes visited.
I was under the impression that a suspenseful book should have danger and intensity to keep the pages turning. Love this post as I’ve never seen a house associated with it.
If you’re a writer and you want to learn how to make your characters more interesting, read this book.
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Think I’ll get it out and re-read it yet again. I’m not about.
Manderley is interesting because of how it influences the narrator over time. For me, it was up there with the Bronte sisters and some of those beautiful, old tales.
August 20, 2018.
Thank you as always for your enchanting posts.Dreamy!!! “Heavens!” I thought. I sat next to you for a minute. On to another stage.
The last three months of reading.