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When the unnamed heroine of Rebecca thought she went back to Manderley again, she was dreaming, of course, about the grief-drenched mansion where she had been so scared and had acted so dumb. But there has nevertheless been a real and steady procession back to Daphne du Maurier's literary landmark by women who know exactly how to conduct themselves. Some of the world's most prosperous authors check in every year either at Manderley or at one of the two other historic homes on the tour: Thornfield Hall, where Jane Eyre was governess, and Wuthering Heights...
...been out for a year or so that science fiction is in trouble. With all the routine miracles being provided by doctors and astronauts, what spaced-out situations are left for the imagination? The solution seems to lie in the past rather than the future. Last year Daphne du Maurier welded the 14th century to the 20th in House on the Strand. Now veteran Screenwriter Jack Finney (The Body Snatchers) tries the same sort of literary retreat, but into the New York City of the 1880s...
...Travels with My Aunt, Greene (3) 4. Deliverance, Dickey (7) 5. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Breslin (5) 6. Mr. Sammler's Planet, Bellow (4) 7. A Beggar in Jerusalem, Wiesel (6) 8. The Godfather, Puzo (8) 9. The House on the Strand, du Maurier (9) 10. Local Anesthetic, Grass
...House on the Strand, du Maurier...
...House on the Strand, du Maurier...