Daphne du Maurier "Rebecca"

“Rebecca” is the story of two women, one man, and a house “Manderley”. The book “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier is about love, past mysteries and life in high society. The author wants to tell us about some peoples problematic past, and also entertains us because in one way “Rebecca” is also a love story and a detective. A report on this book includes three major aspects: theme, style and value.

One aspect of the book is its theme. The main idea is that everybody wants to be happy in their lifes, no despite their pasts. To reach this aim peace and life, full with love, they have to be strong, sacrifice something very dear to them and they have to forget their painfull past. For example, Maxim the Winter is a man who has lost his wife, and now has found a new one – much younger than himself. He craves to love his new wife – Ms de Winter , but the shadow of his first wife Rebecca is next to him, he can’t think about her. And after a long way of different events new Ms and Mr de Winter have abandoned their loved house “Manderley”, but they can’t live in peace (“We can never go back there, that much is certain.