Titre : | Rebecca |
Auteurs : | Daphne du Maurier, Auteur |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | Gütersloh, München, Wien : Bertelsmann-Club |
Format : | 429 pages / 19x12cm |
Langues: | Allemand |
Langues originales: | Anglais |
Résumé : |
Rebecca ist ein 1938 erschienener Roman der englischen Schriftstellerin Daphne du Maurier. Gleich bei seinem Erscheinen wurde er, zu du Mauriers eigener Überraschung, zu einem sehr großen Erfolg und kurz darauf ebenso erfolgreich von Alfred Hitchcock verfilmt. Rebecca zählt zu du Mauriers besten und bei ihrem Publikum beliebtesten Werken. Der Roman enthält Elemente eines Schauerromans, eines Coming-of-Age-Romans, eines psychologischen Romans und eines Krimis.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier begins in the present, as the narrator recalls events of the past at Manderley, an estate in the English countryside. The story then flashes back, to when the narrator stayed at the Hotel Cote d’Azur in Monte Carlo with Mrs. Van Hopper, for whom she was acting as a companion. Mrs. Van Hopper possesses few good qualities. In fact, she is ill-mannered, vain, greedy, and patronizing. When she falls ill, the narrator is free to explore unhindered, and meets often with Maxim de Winter, who owns Manderley and has recently become a widower. When Mrs. Van Hopper decides to return to America, de Winter tells her that he is in love with her companion and plans to marry her. They marry and honeymoon in Italy. In the following weeks, the narrator tries to adjust quickly to managing a large estate, but though Frith, the senior butler, is kind and patient with her, Mrs. Danvers is not—she came to Manderley when de Winter was married to his first wife, Rebecca. Mrs. Danvers refuses to make changes at the narrator’s request, and de Winter is hesitant to discuss Rebecca. One day, while out with her dog—which had been Rebecca’s dog—the narrator comes upon a shed. She meets Ben, who lives in the shed and talks in half sentences. She becomes frightened and runs back to the manor house, where she tells de Winter. He seems displeased that the shed was not locked. Then, the narrator meets Jack Favell talking with Mrs. Danvers. Jack is Rebecca’s cousin. Maxim de Winter finds out about Jack’s visit and is cross with Mrs. Danvers, which does not improve her treatment of the narrator. |
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Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité | L'etagère |
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P ROM 6882 | DUM | Livre | A Rousen | Roman | Disponible | R 1.6 D |