Rebeka

Rebeka

Daphne Du Maurier

The novel "Rebecca" (1938), a Gothic classic, follows a nameless young woman, the poor companion of a rich American woman, who falls in love with the charming widower Maxim de Winter, owner of the luxurious Manderley estate in Cornwall, in Monte Carlo.

After a hasty marriage, the girl goes with Maxim to the castle, where she is confronted by the ghost of his previous wife Rebecca, who died a year earlier under mysterious circumstances.

In Manderley, the new "Mrs. de Winter" feels insecure and inferior. The mistress of the house, the cold and obsessed Mrs. Danvers, manipulates her, recalling Rebecca's elegance through her belongings, her room and her memory. Maxim is distant, and the castle hides secrets: a stuffy west wing, a beach with a shipwreck and legends about Rebecca's passion for life.

The tension culminates before the big ball: under the influence of Mrs. Danvers, the protagonist dresses in the dress that Rebecca wore at her last ball, provoking Maxim's anger and revealing his deep hatred for the deceased. The discovery of the sunken ship and Rebecca's body sparks an investigation: her death was not accidental, but rather Maxim killed her in the boat, believing she was pregnant with someone else's child and sick with cancer, not wanting to live in shame.

The trial reveals the truth, but the protagonist supports Maxim, while the police attribute it only to an accident. The couple flee the scandal, and the novel ends with a powerful vision: Manderley burns in flames, destroying the past and Rebecca's shadow. Themes of jealousy, class, trauma and the power of memory make the work eternal.

Original title
Rebecca
Translation
Draga Petrović
Dimensions
18 x 10.3 cm
Pages
466
Publisher
BIGZ, Beograd, 1987.
 
Latin alphabet. Paperback.
Language: Serbian.
ISBN
8-61-300157-2

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  • Yellowed pages
 

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