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Rebecca's Tale

By: Sally Beauman
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Robert Powell
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April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. It is twenty years since the inquest, which famously - and controversially - passed a verdict of suicide. Twenty years since Manderley, the de Winters' ancient family seat, was razed to the ground. But Rebecca's tale is just beginning...

This is Sally Beauman's companion to Daphne du Maurier's classic tale, Rebecca.

©2001 Sally Beauman (P)2002, 2013 AudioGO Ltd Historical Fiction Fiction Thought-Provoking

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It's alright, but I wasn't overly fond of their portrayal of the second Mrs Dewinter.

Saw it coming as mile off.

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I was enthusiastic about this for much of its length. It was an imaginative take on a great classic story and it had interesting characters and scenes and used the different narrators to good effect, all very positive! But I felt it sort of petered out in the end and I also felt the characters somehow altered and were diminished from their previous personas in order to bring about the end the author wanted. It's a pity as I felt a bit deflated after it was finished. Still a good listen though and another listener might feel quite differently about the ending.

Didn't quite sustain its early promise

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Rebecca made bold demands on the reader's imagination that this does not.

Apparently I must add eight more words. OK.

Leaves too many questions answered

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I enjoyed this story. It had lots of twists and turns and the narration was excellent. I struggled a bit with the section where Rebecca her self was telling her story, mainly because I disliked her, but it was always interesting and very atmospheric.

Intriguing tale full of atmosphere

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I had hesitated to buy this book for a while, worried it might in some way alter or disturb my own memories of Rebecca - or might seem rather pale by comparison with the original classic novel. But I need not have worried as it is a very interesting sequel set in the 1950's, well after the end of the original story. Difficult to explain how and why it works so well without spoilers - but it just does.

Very engaging

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Wonderful performances from both readers - making it compulsive to listen whenever possible - a really golden book

Completely captivating

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The pace was perfect the characters were believable and it was a good continuation of the original story of Rebecca.

Well narrated

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Obviously this was going to be a hard book to pull off because Rebecca is such a famous book and film.

I think this was as good as it could ever be trying to write a continuation - but it is not Daphne du Maurier and so difficult to know if this would be as she would have written it - but an interesting slant.

I love the book Rebecca (and My Cousin Rachel by DdM) and this is what prompted me to try this - I liked it overall and enjoyed it hense 4 stars

An interesting slant

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A perfect companion to 'Rebecca's. The mystery is compelling and the narration couldn't be surpassed. A truly excellent audible experience.

Excellent

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Really enjoyed this story. The narration was great and the imaginative development of the plot from Original Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier was inspired. Touching and clever . Using the different narrators was a clever technique too , to keep it fresh and interesting, seeing the different perspectives and how it all comes to fit together in the end.

Great listen

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