Tag: Manderley

• Book Review: The Wedding People by Alison Espach

  Yes, I am late to the party. Yes, the rest of the world of book reviewers read this book and reviewed it already. Tons of people have read this book for their book clubs. Somehow, I got behind on this one. Last night, well after midnight, I finished The Wedding People by Alison Espach (Henry…

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  March 27, 2025

  books

  Alfred Hitchcock, Alison Espach, book clubs, book hangover, book-review, books, Daphne du Maurier, depression, fiction, Goodreads, Henry Holt and Co., Joan Fontaine, Kindle, Laurence Olivier, literature, Manderley, Mrs. Dalloway, mystery, Newport, novel, reading, Rebecca, Rhode Island, Romance, romcom, The Wedding People, Victorian, Virginia Woolf, writing

• The Second Mrs. de Winter: Not Your Mama’s Cinderella

  Despite what Walt Disney’s mega-marketing machine would have you believe, he did not create Cinderella. The story may have originated as early as 7 BC, but its European roots date from the mid 1600’s. The basic story line does not vary much: the prince or other wealthy man saves the poor orphaned girl from a…

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  August 9, 2015

  books, Essay

  Academy Awards, Alfred Hitchcock, Atlantic Ocean, Baton Rouge, Broadway, Cinderella, Cinderella story, Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier, Disney, Du Maurier, English countryside, gothic, Hollywood, Julia Roberts, Kits Browning, Louisiana, LSU, Manderley, Maxim de Winter, Monte Carlo, Oscar, Prince, Rebecca, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Richard Gere