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Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by the English author Daphne du Maurier.It 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.
The book is narrated in the first person in the style of du Maurier; however, unlike the original book, the narrator changes with each of the four sections. Part 1 is told from the perspective of the septuagenarian Colonel Julyan, who had led the initial inquests into Rebecca's death. Part 2 is told by Terence Gray, an original character, whose ...
The character of Bedelia Du Maurier in the television series Hannibal was named in part after du Maurier because its creator Bryan Fuller is a fan of Alfred Hitchcock, who had adapted three of du Maurier's books to film. [49] Daphne du Maurier appears as a character in the short story "The Housekeeper" by Rose Tremain.
Mrs. Danvers is the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca.Danvers is the head housekeeper at Manderley, the stately manor belonging to the wealthy Maximillian "Maxim" de Winter, where he once lived with his first wife, Rebecca, whom she had adored obsessively.
It was the first novel du Maurier wrote while living at Menabilly, the setting for an earlier novel Rebecca, where it is called 'Manderley'. [1] [2] The writing of the novel was accompanied by prolific research, in which du Maurier was assisted by Oenone Rashleigh, whose family owned Menabilly, and historian A. L. Rowse, to ensure the historical accuracy of her presentation of the Devon ...
Pages in category "Novels by Daphne du Maurier" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Rebecca (novel) Rule Britannia (novel) S.
Manderley is a fictional estate in Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca, owned by the character Maxim de Winter.. Located in Southern England, Manderley is a typical country estate: it is filled with family heirlooms, is run by a large domestic staff and is open to the public on certain days.
The Birds and Other Stories is a collection of stories by the British author Daphne du Maurier.It was originally published by Gollancz in the United Kingdom in 1952 as The Apple Tree: A Short Novel and Several Long Stories, [2] and was re-issued by Penguin in 1963 under the current title. [1]