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Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by the English author Daphne du Maurier. It depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.
The book was also included in Rolling Stone's 2017 list of 11 True Crime Books for Music Lovers [11] and Men's Journal's list of the 10 Best True Crime Books. On June 25, 2019, Gallery Books published a new edition of Under the Bridge with an introduction by Godfrey's friend Mary Gaitskill. [12]
The Great Believers is a historical fiction novel by American writer Rebecca Makkai published June 4, 2018, by Penguin Books. The novel follows two storylines in alternating chapters. The first, set in 1980s and '90s Chicago , centers on Yale Tishman, an art gallery acquisitions manager living in Boystown .
Mrs. Danvers is the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca.Danvers is the head housekeeper at Manderley, the stately manor belonging to the wealthy Maximillian "Maxim" de Winter, where he once lived with his first wife, Rebecca, whom she had adored obsessively.
Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 1] was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
For the record: 6:04 p.m. Feb. 23, 2024: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Grossman’s possible sentence.She faces 34 years to life in prison. A jury on Friday found Rebecca ...
In the novel, the protagonist Wei Xiaobao went to Russia and helped her in the coup against her half-brother Peter I. This event led to the peace between China and Russia in the Nerchinsk Treaty. [11] Vanessa Redgrave portrayed the character of Sophia Alekseyevna in the 1986 miniseries Peter the Great. Her performance received an Emmy award ...
Nancy Rego, left, and Rebecca Peeler loved going to steeplechase races as young, single women. They had a group of women, all single, who partied together. They went to the steeplechase races in ...