DU MAURIER, Daphne.
Rebecca.
London: Victor Gollanz , 1938.
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for the way was barred to me". These famous opening lines later became one of the most famous opening words ever recorded in Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-winning 1940 film of the same name. Rebecca is certainly Du Maurier's most famous novel and one that many others after her attempted to imitate
First edition. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by the author on an attached card, "yours very sincerely Daphne Du Maurier". An excellent near fine copy, with a contemporary bookplate to the inside gutter in the dust jacket that shows some browning and some chips to the spine and one to the rear panel. Housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell box.
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate leading to the drive and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me". These famous opening lines later became one of the most famous opening words ever recorded in Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-winning 1940 film of the same name. Rebecca is certainly Du Maurier's most famous novel and one that many others after her attempted to imitate, as a resurgence of romantic mystery novels came soon after its publication. The Mystery Writers of America have named Rebecca among the top ten Mystery Novels of All Time.
Rebecca.
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