Name: My Cousin Rachel
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Author: Daphne Du Maurier
ISBN: 9781492660637

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daphne Du Maurier

Publisher

Sourcebooks Landmark

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.2 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9781492660637

Synopsis "My Cousin Rachel"

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND SAM CLAFLIN!"From the first page...the reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca."--The New York TimesFrom Daphne du Maurier, the legendary author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, comes a gothic classic set in beautiful, mysterious, and eerie Cornwall.Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that the man he loved died far from home. He is also suspicious. While in Italy, Ambrose fell in love with Rachel, a beautiful English and Italian woman. But the final, brief letters Ambrose wrote hint that his love had turned to paranoia and fear.Now Rachel has arrived at Philip's newly inherited estate. Could this exquisite woman, who seems to genuinely share Philip's grief at Ambrose's death, really be as cruel as Philip imagined? Or is she the kind, passionate woman with whom Ambrose fell in love? Philip struggles to understand Rachel's intentions, knowing Ambrose's estate, his future, and his sanity, hang in the balance.An atmospheric mystery full of doubt and paranoia, My Cousin Rachel is a suspenseful gothic treat for long-time fans and new readers of Daphne du Maurier.Praise for Daphne du Maurier: "Miss du Maurier is... a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile. And in My Cousin Rachel she does both, with Rebecca looking fondly over her shoulder."--New York Times"Double-distilled readers' delight."--Manchester Guardian

Daphne Du Maurier

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Nació en Londres en 1907, hija del actor y empresario Gerald du Maurier y nieta del autor e ilustrador George du Maurier. Educada en familia y más tarde en París, empezó escribiendo cuentos y artículos en 1928 y en 1931 publicó su primera novela, Espíritu de amor. El éxito de Rebeca (1938), su tercera novela, enseguida adaptada al cine por Alfred Hitchcock, le dio fama mundial, y a partir de entonces se convertiría en una de las novelistas más populares del siglo XX. Entre sus otras obras, muchas de ellas llevadas también al cine, cabe mencionar La posada Jamaica (1937; Rara Avis núm. 37), El río del Francés (1941; Rara Avis núm. 42), Monte Bravo (1943), Los parásitos (1949), Mi prima Rachel (1951; Rara Avis núm. 32), Los pájaros (relato incluido en la colección The Apple Tree, 1952), Mary Anne (1954), El chivo expiatorio (1957; Rara avis núm. 49) y La Casa de la Orilla (1969). También escribió teatro y biografías. Vivió la mayor parte de su vida en Cornualles, donde se ambientan muchas de sus novelas. Allí murió en 1989.

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