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Rebecca By Daphne Du Maurier

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  " Rebecca " is a strong evocative and an exceptional endearing read filled with vivid world-building, strong characters but a relatively slow-moving plot mixed with gothic and suspense elements.  The protagonist’s name isn’t shared throughout, though she ends up interacting with all the characters in the novel, big or small! Hope it doesn't sound like gaslighting the readers, but I would seriously doubt the sanity of anyone condemning this novel at any level, including the floundering of the plot or the bulkiness of the novel. The cornucopia of the strong idiosyncratic characters, a plethora of atmospheric detailing and a major plot-twist supersedes any of the weaker attributes of the novel .   The novel predominantly revolves around " Manderley ", an English town where the husband of the protagonist resides. Daphne Du Maurier, has doused the book with profuse magic using her magic-wand of atmospheric-laden words, describing Manderley in vividity. ...