Read Mia Cugina Rachele (1951)

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Author

Daphne du Maurier

Genre

Romance

Rating

3.87 of 5 Votes: 5

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ISBN

8817106763 (ISBN13: 9788817106764)

Language

English

Publisher

Bur

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Mia Cugina Rachele (1951) - Plot & Excerpts

This is much more in the style of Rebecca than the last du Maurier I read (The House on the Strand). It’s a did-she-or-didn’t-she slow suspense novel set (mostly) in a manor house in Cornwall that never really gives you a definitive answer. du Maurier’s writing is beautiful, as always, and I really like the way she draws the main characters (though prepare to think ‘Philip, you idiot’ fairly often). Not as good as Rebecca, but definitely worth a read. A slow-burn psychological thriller that will have you constantly asking “Is She or Isn’t She?” Philip Ashley, the first person narrator of this tale, is a very sheltered young man who was raised by his wealthy cousin Ambrose. When Ambrose travels to Italy and suddenly gets married and then abruptly dies, Philip is determined that his widow Rachel is to blame. Then the beautiful Rachel shows up in Cornwall and thoroughly bewitches him, making the gauche young man an even more unreliable narrator.