The effect is curiously unstable, not so much a story as a network of possibilities, in which the reader is rapidly entangled. Whole pages go by devoted to her imaginings and speculations. The second Mrs de Winter might not excel at much, but she is among the great dreamers of English literature. There are two sunken ships, a murder, a fire, a costume party and multiple complex betrayals, and yet it’s startling to realise how much of its drama never actually happens. It’s a melodrama, and by no means short on bangs and crashes. The girl is anxious, observant, dreamy, terribly romantic, a perennial fantasist whose fears and insecurities bloom out of control when she becomes mistress of the haunting Manderley. She wrote it in the first person, from the perspective of a young unnamed narrator, who meets the dashing, yet unhappy Max de Winter while working as a lady’s companion in a grand hotel in Monte Carlo. We recommend that you check with your local customs officials or post office for more information regarding importation taxes/duties that may be applicable to your online order as this changes country to country.Inchingly, Daphne du Maurier’s difficult novel came together. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.
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