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Daphne Du Maurier
1) Rebecca
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 26
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"The only hardcover edition of the beloved, internationally best-selling gothic mystery. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. The unassuming young heroine of Rebecca finds her life changed overnight when she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome and wealthy widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Rescuing her from an overbearing employer, de Winter whisks her off to Manderley, his isolated estate on the windswept Cornish...
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Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in making Philip his heir, knowing he will treasure his beautiful Cornish estate. But Philip's world is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries - and then dies suddenly in suspicious circumstances. Before long, the new widow - Philip's cousin Rachel - arrives in England. Despite...
7) Rebeca
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2019.
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Nadie que conozca la película basada en esta novela podrá olvidar la voz en off que recita la frase inicial de la obra más lograda de Daphne du Maurier: Rebeca. Así comienzan los recuerdos de la segunda señora De Winter, que la transportan de nuevo a la aislada y gris mansión situada en la húmeda y ventosa costa de Cornualles. Con un marido al que apenas conoce, la joven esposa llega a este inmenso predio para ser inexorablemente ahogada por...
8) Jamaica Inn
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High-spirited Mary Yellan was too young to suspect the truth about her new home on the moor. Yet she began to wonder why no one came to Jamaica Inn and why her aunt was so frightened.
10) Don't look now
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1971
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Contains five short stories dealing with the occult or supernatural.
12) Hungry Hill
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A novel written in 1943 by the British author, telling the story of the multi-generational feud between the proud, semi-aristcratic Brodericks and their sly and vicious neighbors, the Donovans.
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