Mrtvá a živá - 2 CDmp3 (čte Lucie Pernetová)

I could wrestle with a living woman, but a dead one is beyond my strength." When the unnamed narrator meets the widowed compatriot Maxim de Winter in Monte Carlo, one word leads to another, and soon enough, hands are joined. The wealthy English nobleman is twice her age, but what does it matter if they can inhabit the groom's Manderlay, a fabulously splendid estate on the coast of Cornwall! However, a serpent slithers into paradise. Reserved Maxim seems to still live at home in the shadow of his first wife Rebecca, who tragically died while sailing in the bay, and the stifling atmosphere at the estate is further fueled by the behavior of the staff, especially the unfriendly housekeeper. The devastated newlywed discovers that the original Lady de Winter seems to rule over all, even from the grave, especially when it comes to light that her death on the yacht may not have been an unfortunate accident. This captivating psychological novel with a detective plot presents the classic theme of British obsession with social masquerade, where cruelty is intensified by neuroses hidden behind a mask of smiling faces. Thus, the hastily married couple of deeply lonely people faces a crossroad of love, a chilling awakening, and a trial by fire. This famous prose from 1938 has inspired numerous film and theater adaptations, most notably...