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Rebecca's Tale
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Robert Powell
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
April 1951. It is twenty years since the death of Rebecca, the beautiful first wife of Maxim de Winter. It is twenty years since the inquest, which famously - and controversially - passed a verdict of suicide. Twenty years since Manderley, the de Winters' ancient family seat, was razed to the ground. But Rebecca's tale is just beginning...
This is Sally Beauman's companion to Daphne du Maurier's classic tale, Rebecca.
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- Beanies
- 20-07-19
Saw it coming as mile off.
It's alright, but I wasn't overly fond of their portrayal of the second Mrs Dewinter.
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- looby
- 10-07-20
Didn't quite sustain its early promise
I was enthusiastic about this for much of its length. It was an imaginative take on a great classic story and it had interesting characters and scenes and used the different narrators to good effect, all very positive! But I felt it sort of petered out in the end and I also felt the characters somehow altered and were diminished from their previous personas in order to bring about the end the author wanted. It's a pity as I felt a bit deflated after it was finished. Still a good listen though and another listener might feel quite differently about the ending.
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- Kitty
- 11-04-12
An interesting slant
Obviously this was going to be a hard book to pull off because Rebecca is such a famous book and film.
I think this was as good as it could ever be trying to write a continuation - but it is not Daphne du Maurier and so difficult to know if this would be as she would have written it - but an interesting slant.
I love the book Rebecca (and My Cousin Rachel by DdM) and this is what prompted me to try this - I liked it overall and enjoyed it hense 4 stars
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- P. Baguley
- 21-11-20
Excellent
A perfect companion to 'Rebecca's. The mystery is compelling and the narration couldn't be surpassed. A truly excellent audible experience.
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- E H E jackson
- 03-10-21
Great listen
Really enjoyed this story. The narration was great and the imaginative development of the plot from Original Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier was inspired. Touching and clever . Using the different narrators was a clever technique too , to keep it fresh and interesting, seeing the different perspectives and how it all comes to fit together in the end.
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- Blue_23
- 07-06-23
The enigma that is Rebecca remains!
After my disappointment over the recording of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, I approached this reading of Sally Beaman's companion work with some trepidation, it was not justified.
Part prequel, part sequel, it's a triumph, a clever, evocative & compulsive reimagining of the mystery that surrounds Rebecca, her life, her death; and even here despite much unraveling of her story she remains enigmatic to the end.
Robert Powell's performance is exceptional, firstly as reminiscing Colonel Julyan, the West Country magistrate & friend of the de Winters from the original book, and then as new character Terence Grey, the adopted Scottish academic in search of his own history. And, it was lovely to hear from Rebecca herself through Juliet Stevenson's narration.
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- alexbevis
- 29-05-24
An interesting read for those curious about what happened next.
Narrators were wonderful, especially Juliet Stevenson. Story ending was a little disappointing. I was left wanting more.
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- Rosalind
- 26-03-18
Excellent
A most interesting take on an old story.
Both narrators were excellent.
Of course I could listen to Juliette Stevenson read the phone book. She has the very best voice and the perfect pitch for all occasions.
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- Sarah Getliff
- 14-08-21
Totally in du Maurier style
As a Daphne addict I found myself immersed in Rebecca's Tale as if the 'sequel' had truly been penned by du Maurier herself.
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- Jenny Mulhall
- 29-04-20
A Beautiful Book
I was reluctant to read this book, as ‘Rebecca’ has been sacrosanct to me for many years. I’m glad I did, though. It chimes with ‘Rebecca’, not against it, and haunts in the same way. Its masterfully narrated also. I’ve listened to it three or four times, now. I recommend it.
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