Rebecca: The Story That Never Let Us Go
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
Few opening lines have cast a longer spell.
In this episode of The Common Room, we return to Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca—the haunting 1938 novel of Manderley, Maxim de Winter, the unnamed second Mrs. de Winter, and the woman whose presence seems stronger in death than in life.
Chesterton Radio has preserved six different adaptations of Rebecca, from classic radio productions to celebrated performances by some of the great actors of the era. We compare the versions, explore Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary 1940 film, and ask why this strange…
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