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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 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.
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.
Rebecca's Tale is a 2001 novel by British author Sally Beauman. The book is a sequel to the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca and is officially approved by the Du Maurier estate. It continues the original plot and is also roughly consistent with the 1993 sequel Mrs de Winter by Susan Hill.
My Cousin Rachel is a Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951.Bearing thematic similarities to her earlier and more famous novel Rebecca, it is a mystery-romance, set primarily on a large estate in Cornwall.
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 ...
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.
Kirkus Reviews began "A haunting series of stories, in most cases putting it up to the reader to interpret the final outcome – in all cases using the device of the moment in life when emotion or reason reaches the point of tension beyond which something snaps", and finished with "In this collection...Daphne du Maurier's peerless craftmanship, her eerie sense of the macabre, her gift for ...