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From February 2012: The narrator, a young woman just barely out of school is working for a rich and unpleasant American woman as a companion, when she meets Maxim de Winter, a man twice her age and recently widowed who nevertheless courts her and ask
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"Picking up this classic narrated by Anna Massey for the third time. Perfect accompaniment as I draw my Codex series." — Apr 05, 2026 04:10PM
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Read in November 2014. Among countless books I wish I'd had time and energy to review. The five star rating is my personal system for denoting books I want to return to as often as I can because they've left such a strong impression on me... spoken t
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