And these were monsters, rearing to the sky, massed like a battalion, too beautiful I thought, too powerful they were not plants at all. I told him 'Yes,' a little breathlessly, uncertain whether I was speaking the truth or not, for to me a rhododendron was a homely, domestic thing, strictly conventional, mauve or pink in colour, standing one beside the other in a neat round bed. They startled me with their crimson faces, massed one upon the other in incredible profusion, showing no leaf, no twig, nothing but the slaughterous red, luscious and fantastic, unlike any rhododendron plant I had seen before. There was something bewildering, even shocking, about the suddenness of their discovery. Daphne du Maurier wrote the original adaptation of Rebecca for theatre. It has never been out of print and has been published in many different editions and different languages. This is, of course, Daphne du Maurier’s most famous and enduring novel. of Philadelphia and Marvin Frank Cardozo 36, of Kingston Jamaica were arrested vested go by. “Suddenly I saw a clearing in the dark drive ahead, and a patch of sky, and in a moment the dark trees had thinned, the nameless shrubs had disappeared, and on either side of us was a wall of colour, blood-red, reaching far above our heads. Rebecca celebrates its 85th anniversary in August 2023. Rebecca Ann Kerr Foster, age 90, widow of John Henry Foster.
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