Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the county's showpiece. Rebecca made it so ' and even a year after her death, Rebecca's influence still rules there. How can Maxim de Winter's shy new bride ever fill her place or escape her vital shadow?

It is a shadow that grows longer and darker as the brief summer fades, until, in a moment of climatic revelations, it threatens to eclipse Manderley and its inhabitants completely.

REBECCA is an unforgettable novel and without doubt a genuine classic.