131. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Let\u2019s discuss one of our most requested classics! Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is an eerie gothic novel with elements of mystery, fairy tale, and domestic suspense\u2013and you\u2019ve been asking for us to cover it on the show for years. In today\u2019s episode, we speculate on why this classic remains so popular today, discuss the magic of reading a classic just for fun (and then returning to it with literary lenses), and analyze our unnamed narrator. This is the kind of book that you can\u2019t discuss without spoilers, so we included fair warning and a timestamp if you wish to avoid them.\xa0
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Spoiler alert timestamp: [37:27]
Pairings timestamp: [53:19]
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Books mentioned:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (out 10/3)
The Hacienda by Isabel Ca\xf1as
The Curse of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong (out 12/5)
Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
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