Rebecca

This goth masterpiece written by Daphne Du Maurier is indeed the captivating tale told my a nameless narrator and her venture into the grounds of Manderely.

From the moment you pick up this book, there is a strange pull in the narration adhering to the nature of the mystery that it keeps intact till the end of the novel. We follow the narrator as she walks through the shadow of the late Rebecca, the ex wife of her husband and finds her presence everywhere in things, people and all the nooks and corners of her new home. The book goes through a range of twists and turns and finishes in a big reveal yet leaving us thinking about it even when it burns out. Bearing the characteristics of a goth horror, Rebecca is not a horror fiction, but rather a thrilling experience set in mystery and an alluring sense of fascination felt to the words of the narrator. She who goes through things in life which she never thought would be the case before she met her husband and the book is rich with the presence of two women as two sides of a coin asserting life and death and a dominant presence from beyond. Timelessly remaining one of the most widely read books of all time, Rebecca remains a personal favourite to many and never fails to instigate a sense of intrigue in each reader as they follow the tale of this nameless girl.