![]() ![]() ![]() And yes, there are touches of the Gothic about it in the way the storyline is both scary and suspenseful.īut there are echoes of Jane Eyre, too, and of “country house” novels in which stately homes - and the people who run them - play a central role in the plot.Īccording to Sally Beauman, who wrote an afterword in the edition I read, du Maurier described the book as “a sinister tale about a woman who marries a widower … Psychological and macabre” - and that pretty much sums it up perfectly. Yes, it’s about women - or more importantly, the relationship between the sexes. Rebecca is a timeless story about a young woman caught up in circumstances seemingly beyond her control, and while some have labelled it as either “women’s fiction” or “Gothic romance” it doesn’t really fit in with either description. ![]() I decided it was time to find out why so many people - friends and bloggers included - count this novel as one of their all-time favourite reads. Fiction – paperback Virago 448 pages 2011.ĭaphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was first published in 1938 - and I may possibly be the last person on Earth to have read it. ![]()
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