tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post5785511332206856135..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du MaurierCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-44801243520430826872008-06-30T12:54:00.000-07:002008-06-30T12:54:00.000-07:00PS - Besides Jamacian Inn there is also The Kings ...PS - Besides Jamacian Inn there is also The Kings General, and Frenchman's Creek too name a couple more, but I've not read them. I think "The Birds" was a shor story by her too.Sarah M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08658247100019831005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-37663313968509595372008-06-30T12:52:00.000-07:002008-06-30T12:52:00.000-07:00Ah-hah! I found your post. :) I loved this book. I...Ah-hah! I found your post. :) I loved this book. I really enjoyed Rebecca too when I read it years ago. RE: movies PBS remade Rebecca, which wasn't half bad, though I'll always love the 1940 Hitchcock vs. best. As for My Cousin Rachel -- I can't seem to locate it on DVD/VHS. I don't think it's available, except rarely shown on cable. Interesting tid-bit... Olivia de Haviland(sister of Joan Fontain) plays in MCR and Joan played the second Mrs. DeWinter in Rebecca. Cool, huh?Sarah M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08658247100019831005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-91123801131797294832008-06-26T17:08:00.000-07:002008-06-26T17:08:00.000-07:00Du Maurier is one of my favorite creepy authoresse...Du Maurier is one of my favorite creepy authoresses, she knows exactly how to play with the mind while not being overly graphic, like Alfred Hitchcock.<BR/>The only modern director that I feel comes close to this psychological creep out is M Night Shyamalan in Signs and The Village and Sixth Sense.<BR/>I just finished a compilation of her short stories in a book called The Breaking Point. Talk about SPOOKY!Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446914963118461073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-83233706571128000362008-06-21T07:51:00.000-07:002008-06-21T07:51:00.000-07:00I loved Rebecca but haven't read anything else by ...I loved Rebecca but haven't read anything else by Du Maurier. Thanks for the recommendation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-30307050086996364722008-06-21T04:46:00.000-07:002008-06-21T04:46:00.000-07:00I read Rebecca for book club and loved it. That w...I read <B>Rebecca</B> for book club and loved it. That was a few years ago and I think it's time to pick up another duMaurier book. Thanks!DebDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594843598589340808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-6715136955854922212008-06-20T22:55:00.000-07:002008-06-20T22:55:00.000-07:00Rebecca is one great novel. I have read few of sho...Rebecca is one great novel. I have read few of short story collections. Very very good. I have not read this. I will!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-38614624897202694532008-06-19T20:56:00.000-07:002008-06-19T20:56:00.000-07:00Great review. I LOVED My Cousin Rachel, if only be...Great review. I LOVED My Cousin Rachel, if only because it kept twisting and turning and playing games with me. Du Maurier was a first-class writer, but she often gets too short of a shrift because she wrote in the mystery/suspense genre. The King's General is also good.<BR/><BR/>Ah, yes. The church book club. Very good times indeed.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964373798194372154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-90816474012708541472008-06-19T05:01:00.000-07:002008-06-19T05:01:00.000-07:00She has at least one other she's authored, Jamacia...She has at least one other she's authored, Jamacian Inn. It too is suspensful. Quite good!A Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290561642234703146noreply@blogger.com