Review: Great production of this novel.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
If you don't enjoy Gothic literature, you may not like Rebecca. It's dark, brooding and even frightening at points. A young woman (who is never named) marries an older, wealthy man, Max. Max's first wife, Rebecca, died in a boating accident. Rebecca's presence in the house, the marriage, proves too much for the young woman. Then, twists and turns in the plot reveal a very complicated truth about Rebecca and Max.Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, is one of the best villains in fiction. (A great villain doesn't know she's the villain.)I consider the opening paragraphs and the final page of this novel to be among the finest writing I've read.The use of music to tell this tale was a nice touch.