{"product_id":"my-cousin-rachel","title":"My Cousin Rachel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1951, Daphne du Maurier’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Cousin Rachel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tale of suspicion, desire and uncertain motives set against the rugged beauty of the Cornish coast. Philip Ashley, raised by his older cousin Ambrose on a secluded estate, has his settled world disturbed when Ambrose travels to Italy, marries their distant cousin Rachel, and dies under mysterious circumstances. When Rachel arrives in Cornwall, Philip finds himself torn between his suspicions of her and an attraction he can neither explain nor resist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNarrated by Philip, whose youth and inexperience complicate his account, the novel draws its tension from the uneasy distance between what is known and what is merely believed. Du Maurier evokes the atmosphere of the country-house novel while examining jealousy, inheritance, gender and the dangerous authority of desire. Following the success of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRebecca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she returned to Cornwall and to the Gothic art of making uncertainty itself a source of dread, leaving readers to question how much they can trust the narrator—or their own judgement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“They used to hang men at Four Turnings in the old days. Not any more though.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Daphne du Maurier, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Cousin Rachel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Cousin Rachel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A gifted craftsman and spinner of yarns, Daphne du Maurier excels herself.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1951\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64067597828426,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/products\/my-cousin-rachel","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}