![]() ![]() She followed her first novel, The Loving Spirit (1931), with successful stories usually set on the wild coast of Cornwall, where she lived. ![]() The adaptations include a 1939 play by du Maurier herself, a 1940 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (It won the Academy Award for Best Picture that year), and a 2020 remake for Netflix directed by Ben Wheatley.īut Rebecca isn’t du Maurier’s only claim to fame. Rebecca sold 2.8 million copies between its publication in 19, and went on to be adapted numerous times for stage and screen. In April 1938, when du Maurier delivered the manuscript to her publisher, Victor Gollancz, he predicted a “rollicking success” her editor, Norman Collins, believed it had “everything that the public could want”.īooks by Daphne du Maurier (Shutterstock) The book, despite facing plagiarism allegations initially, was released to a rousing response. Written by Daphne du Maurier and set in the wilds of Cornwall, Rebecca is a psychological thriller about a young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower and soon discovers that he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late, apparently perfect first wife. ![]() ![]() Rebecca’s melancholic opening line establishes the setting, locale, and atmosphere of the gothic classic, which was published in 1938 and has never been out of print. ![]()
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