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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.
A "Manderley Castle" features in one of the Anno Dracula books by Kim Newman. Danish film director Lars von Trier 's 2005 film Manderlay is set in a country estate with a large domestic staff. In Stephen King 's 1998 novel, Bag of Bones , "Manderley" is a semi-isolated lake house in Maine, identified with Sara Laughs, in the dreams of the main ...
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.
Rebecca is a musical adaptation of the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.It was composed by Sylvester Levay with German book and lyrics by Michael Kunze.The plot, which adheres closely to the original novel, revolves around wealthy Maxim DeWinter, his naïve new wife, called "I" ("Ich" in the German version), and Mrs. Danvers, the manipulative housekeeper of DeWinter's Cornish ...
Rebecca's Tale is set in the summer of 1951 in England. The action is centered in Kerrith and the surrounding area, including the district near Manderley.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.
Upon returning to Manderley, Max and his wife discover the estate is in flames, the fire set by a vengeful and despairing Mrs. Danvers, who it's fairly clear now was in love with Rebecca. Max races upstairs to rescue the insane woman from Rebecca's bedroom.
The Key to Rebecca is a novel by the British author Ken Follett. [1] Published in 1980 by Pan Books (ISBN 0792715381), it was a best-seller that achieved popularity in the United Kingdom and worldwide.
In 2014, more than 200,000 words were removed from the manuscript of Martin's companion book The World of Ice & Fire and were incorporated into Fire & Blood. [5]In February 2017, Elio M. García Jr., Martin's co-author for The World of Ice & Fire, reported that he had spoken with Martin at WorldCon 75, held in 2017 in Helsinki, about the first volume of Fire & Blood.