First Edition of “Rebecca”.
Author: Daphne Du Maurier.
Date: 1938.
Source: Source.
V. G. Gollancz.
Daphne du Maurier.
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“Rebecca”.
Daphne Du Maurier’s celebrated novel.
Produced By: Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring:
Joan Fontaine. Laurence Olivier.
George Sanders. Nigel Bruce. C. Aubrey Smith.
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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, Rebecca, the Title Character.
A best-seller which has never gone out of print, “Rebecca” sold 2.8 million copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965.
A best-seller which has never gone out of print, “Rebecca” sold 2.8 million copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965.
It has been adapted numerous times for stage and screen, including:
A 1939 Play by Daphne du Maurier;
The film Rebecca (1940), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture;
The 2020 Remake, directed by Ben Wheatley, for Netflix.
The story has been adapted as a Musical.
The novel is remembered especially for the character of Mrs. Danvers, and the West Country estate “Manderley”, which du Maurier’s editor noted “is as much an atmosphere as a tangible erection of stones and mortar”,[2] and its opening line: “Last night, I dreamed of Manderley.”[3]
The novel is remembered especially for the character of Mrs. Danvers, and the West Country estate “Manderley”, which du Maurier’s editor noted “is as much an atmosphere as a tangible erection of stones and mortar”,[2] and its opening line: “Last night, I dreamed of Manderley.”[3]
