Rebecca's narrative takes the form of a flashback. The heroine, who remains nameless, lives in Europe with her husband, Maxim de Winter, traveling from hotel to hotel, harboring memories of a beautiful home called Manderley, which, we learn, has been destroyed by www.doorway.ru by: 7. ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier is an exceptional piece of literature with a thrilling mystery of death, ghosts and unending suspense. Rebecca recounts the story of a young woman who marries a wealthy widower and moves into the hauntingly beautiful Manderley house. Daphne had ”breeding, brains, and beauty”which is used in reference to the character Rebecca as well, and luckily du Maurier chose to do more with this trilogy of assets than the character. Du Maurier married Lieutenant General Sir Frederick ‘Boy’ Browning whose exploits during Operation Market Garden were made into a film A Bridge too Far/5(K).
Rebecca, Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier, published in Widely considered a classic, it is a psychological thriller about a young woman who becomes obsessed with her husband's first wife. Rebecca was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock into a popular film (). Daphne du Maurier () has been called one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Among her more famous works are The Scapegoat, Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and the short story "The Birds," all of which were subsequently made into films—the latter three directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca is crucial to the genre, for in it du Maurier simplified and organized these six elements, refining the narrative, concentrating the mythic, and enriching the ambiguity of her tale. What du Maurier understood is that the heart of the romantic gothic is the struggle between two women, one w.
Rebecca (80th anniversary edition) by Daphne du Maurier is published by Virago on 1 March. ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier is an exceptional piece of literature with a thrilling mystery of death, ghosts and unending suspense. Rebecca recounts the story of a young woman who marries a wealthy widower and moves into the hauntingly beautiful Manderley house. ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier is a brilliant work of literature that contains several significant themes and intelligent symbols. Daphne du Maurier is a master storyteller, and within this literary masterpiece, she takes her readers on a journey that spans several themes, including love and marriage, death and memory, justice, deceit, and even sexuality.
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