My Cousin Rachel

from ncgraham

Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel is a quiet, yet oddly feverish, book. Largely bereft of major incident, it makes up for its slow pace by means of its eerie atmosphere, psychological depth, and starkly luminous prose. While a comparison with Jane Austen is at the very least counterintuitive (...

from Smiler69

Philip Ashley has always looked up to his older cousin Ambrose as almost a God figure. Ambrose, haven taken in his orphaned cousin when he was just a toddler, has raised him in his image in a male-only environment, where the company of women was only tolerated when absolutely necessary. Having no...

from elliepotten

This book has been sitting unread on my shelves for years - ever since I saw a theatre adaptation in my early teens - and I have no idea why. Since it was plucked down off the shelves it seems to have taken forever to plough through - and I have no idea why! This is du Maurier at her best: a gloo...

from tibobi

I cannot believe that this book was originally published in 1951! I read Rebecca ages ago and loved it but I had never even heard of My Cousin Rachel until just a few months ago. I'm so glad I did. This is one of those stories where you sort of know how things will play out, but you continue to t...

from tibobi

I cannot believe that this book was originally published in 1951! I read Rebecca ages ago and loved it but I had never even heard of My Cousin Rachel until just a few months ago. I'm so glad I did. This is one of those stories where you sort of know how things will play out, but you continue to t...