The other Rebecca A Sucessora (1934, ‘The Successor’) opens with a couple returning from their honeymoon trip. The first chapter unravels through an extended scene that feels…… Read more “A trail of books: on Carolina Nabuco’s A Sucessora (‘The Sucessor’, 1934) and the plagiarism charges against Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938)”
Tag: Daphne du Maurier
She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment
Dear Daphne, In My Cousin Rachel (1951), you build up tension, chapter after chapter, by unravelling the personality of the eponymous character in all its complexity and…… Read more “She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment”
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again
Dear Daphne, Originally published in 1938 and adapted for the cinema by Alfred Hitchcock, your book Rebecca (1938) is a great piece of modern Gothic literature, a novel…… Read more “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”
Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier (Lady Browning, 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was a British writer. She wrote novels, short stories and plays. In recognition for her literary…… Read more “Daphne du Maurier”