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Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier. The novel depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.
Daphne du Maurier. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..." Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the county's showpiece. Rebecca made it so - even a year after her death, Rebecca's influence still rules there.
Nov 1, 1997 · Rebecca T. Paperback – Special Edition, November 1, 1997. by Daphne Du Maurier (Author) 4.5 26,103 ratings. Best of #BookTok. See all formats and editions. National Book Award Winner, 1938. Anthony Award Winner, 2000. Now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Aug 14, 2024 · Rebecca, Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1938. Widely considered a classic, it is a psychological thriller about a young woman who becomes obsessed with her husband’s first wife.
Dec 17, 2013 · The classic Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier -- winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century -- is now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Armie Hammer.
Genre: Mystery, Gothic. Setting: Manderley, England. Climax: Dr. Baker reveals that Rebecca had uterine cancer. Antagonist: Mrs. Danvers / Rebecca de Winter / Jack Favell (though there’s also a convincing argument that Maxim de Winter is the novel’s true antagonist) Point of View: First person.
Mar 13, 2008 · With a husband she barely knew, the young bride arrived at this immense estate, only to be inexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter, the beautiful Rebecca, dead but never forgotten...her suite of rooms never touched, her clothes ready to be worn, her servant -- the sinister Mrs. Danvers -- still loyal.
Mar 1, 2018 · Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his brooding estate, Manderley, on the Cornish Coast, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers . . .
Oct 6, 2018 · Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1938, is arguably the most iconic of the prolific British author’s novels. During the British author’s lifetime, critics frequently dismissed her work because it was popular with the public — readable and riveting. That view has since been revised.
Rebecca Summary. The novel is narrated by an unnamed woman recalling past events in her life. Throughout the course of the book, the narrator remembers the time she spent at Manderley, a large, handsome English estate, while married to Maxim de Winter.