Rebecca – Review

Daphne Du Murier’s Gothic romance Rebecca is one of the epitomes stories of all time. It tells the tale of a young girl who meets millionaire Maxim DeWinter on holiday. This fairy-tale romance soon leads to a whirlwind marriage and the new Mrs DeWinter is taken to Maxim’s estate, Manderley. When she arrives, she finds that the lavish home is still plagued by Rebecca, Maxim’s … Continue reading Rebecca – Review

The Secret Garden – Review

Frances Hodgson’s The Secret Garden is a children’s novel that has been adapted to the screen four different times. It’s most famed one is Agnieszka Holland’s 1993 film starring Maggie Smith and John Lynch. It is certainly one that most millennials remember; the looming Gothic nature of Misselthwaite manor, the brilliant secret garden, and first crushes on farmhand Dickon (or, like me, an inappropriate one … Continue reading The Secret Garden – Review