Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
A shy young woman working as a paid companion in Monte Carlo meets Maxim de Winter, a rich and moody widower, and soon marries him. But at his great house, Manderley, everything still seems to belong to his first wife, Rebecca, and the cold housekeeper Mrs Danvers will not let anyone forget her.
- Length
- About 160,000 words
- To read it
- About 107 days
- Stage
- GCSE
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why Rebecca is on the list
- Year 11, Challenge. Demanding books for a strong reader who wants a real challenge.
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.