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Daphne Du Maurier was one of the most popular English writers of the 20th Century, when middle-brow genre fiction was accorded a higher level of respect in a more broadly literate age. For her services to literature, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969, the female equivalent of a knighthood.
Oct 19, 2020 · Manderley, Again. Who Really Inspired Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca? An attempt to untangle a persistent literary mystery, inspired by Netflix’s new adaptation of du Maurier’s classic...
- Rosemary Counter
- Maxim’s Inquisition
- Manderley
- Mrs. Danvers
- The Unnamed Narrator’S Ending
The climax of Rebeccain both the book and the movie is the reveal that Rebecca de Winter was a sociopath and a serial cheater. When her body is discovered, Maxim confesses to shooting Rebecca dead in her cottage by the sea and covering up her murder by locking her corpse in the cabin of her boat and sinking it off the coast. The inquisition into Re...
The image, or rather the suggestion, of Manderley burning to the ground is the closing paragraph of Rebeccathe novel. Maxim and the Unnamed Narrator drive up from London, having “cleared” Maxim’s name of Rebecca’s murder and notice a red glare on the horizon as they approach their home. The Unnamed Narrator mistakes it for the dawn, but Maxim’s rea...
Mrs. Danvers’ fate is one of the movie’s biggest deviations from du Maurier’s ending. In the book, it is only hinted that Danvers set the fire at Manderley, but in the film, she is shown strewing gasoline, lighting the house on fire, and confessing her crime (and her feelings for Rebecca) to the Unnamed Narrator. Shortly after her confession, she d...
Even though Rebeccathe book ends with the image of Manderley burning, readers know what happened after because the book’s first two chapters are written from the Unnamed Narrator’s perspective long after the fire. The narrator describes her post-Manderley life with Maxim as an unglamorous but comfortable existence where they live in shabby hotels, ...
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Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, [1] DBE (/ duː ˈmɒrieɪ /; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather George du Maurier was a writer and cartoonist.
In 2014 Nina Companeez released a TV movie about Daphne du Maurier's novel called "Le général du roi". The plot is transposed to France, during the War in the Vendée.
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This is a collection of essays about nine women mystery writers, including Daphne du Maurier. Forster, Margaret, Daphne du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned Storyteller, Doubleday,...
