in France in January is the month of the mo-ro-si-ty (I mean , even more than the rest of year, are we not known for being the largest consumers of anxiolytics in the world? ).
That's Why I propose to treat evil with evil with homeopathic treatment following: to put a small dose of anxiety in each of your time reading this month.
this end, I chose to recommend THE MOST ROMANTIC THRILLER of all times (not an oxymoron ;-).
' Rebecca ' by Daphne du Maurier (1938 - 380 pages )
Minimum level required: B2
(for determine your level of reading, see the pages of June 09 of this blog)
We did not better! Indeed, dear Alfred (Hitchcock) turned in a perfect adaptation awarded the Oscar for Best Picture in 1940 (click on the title of this message for more information).
is the story of a very young woman (whom we will never know the name) who marries a good man, Maxim de Winter, a widower for a year. After a honeymoon in southern Europe, the narrator follows him to his home in Cornwall, to discover that his beautiful home, the mythical Manderley, guard in every corner (and in the thoughts of all those who still live there) the trace of the previous Mrs. de Winter, the incomparable Rebecca. Poor chick apparently
unable to fill the vacuum created by the absence of the deceased, the narrator takes us with her into a downward spiral of anguish subtly determined.
All those who have ever felt (s) badly dressed (s), poorly educated (s), unloved (s), easily identify with this heroine and anti- share their anxieties, firstly due to his illness awkwardness (in French in the text by Daphne du Maurier), but also the atmosphere of the house, always at the frontier of the Gothic ...
You will see that just being Relative January do you look more so tedious!
NB: Arm yourself with patience for the first 3 chapters are long and complicated. Agree not understand everything and re-read them when you have finished the novel.
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