My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier
My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier
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My Cousin Rachel

Author: Daphne du Maurier

Narrator: Jonathan Pryce

Unabridged: 11 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/19/2014


Synopsis

Daphne du Maurier's classic novel of lust, suspicion, and obsession that inspired major motion picture starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin.

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, and Philip grows to love Ambrose's grand estate as much as he does. But the cozy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries a mysterious distant cousin named Rachel -- and there he dies suddenly.

Jealous of his marriage, racked by suspicion at the hints in Ambrose's letters, and grief-stricken by his death, Philip prepares to meet his cousin's widow with hatred in his heart. But when she arrives at the estate, Rachel seems to be a different woman from the one described in Ambrose's letters. Beautiful, sophisticated, and magnetic, Philip cannot help but feel drawn to Rachel.

And yet, questions still linger: might she have had a hand in Ambrose's death? And how, exactly, did Ambrose die? As Philip pursues the answers to these questions, he realizes that his own fate could hang in the balance.

About Daphne Du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989) has been called one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Among her more famous works are The Scapegoat, Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and the short story "The Birds," all of which were subsequently made into films—the latter three directed by Alfred Hitchcock.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on October 30, 2024

My Cousin Rachel was published in 1951, and is a gripping story of suspense. It very much recalls the feel and style of her earlier mystery novel "Rebecca" of 1938. The novel's narrator is Philip Ashley, a young man who had been orphaned at the early age of seven. He was raised by his bachelor uncle......more

Goodreads review by Icey on January 02, 2022

Daphne Du Maurier is a master of atmosphere. Reading her story was like staring through a clouded window, she planted uncertainty in your heart, and it gradually grew and blossomed. With the opening chapter, Daphne Du Maurier transported you to her world with not much more than a dozen pages. She whi......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on September 18, 2022

What's better than this book? What author on earth is better than Daphne du Maurier? What have we been doing, all this time? Reading impenetrable bollocks like Ulysses? This book has a scene where Philip throws a rope up to Rachel in her bedroom window and she, who might have murdered his family, ha......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 08, 2018

This was a buddy-read with James (Jay), author of Watching Glass Shatter, and I'm so happy we read this. I'd rate it 4.5* just to distinguish it from Rebecca, which gets the full five. The book actually began a little slowly for me, and it felt almost discombobulated, as if DuMaurier were shuffling t......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 03, 2018

Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. Du Maurier wields her audience like puppets, deftly stringing readers from truths to untruths in ways both delightful and maddening.......more