Is Rebecca A Romance (2024)

1. Rebecca: Daphne du Maurier and Classic Romantic Suspense

  • Mar 2, 2021 · On the surface it's a May/December romance, a young woman and an older man, navigating a fresh and unsteady marriage. But beneath that, curling ...

  • Rebecca has one of the most famous opening lines of all time. Even if you haven't read the book you're likely to recognize it. It's become a part of pop culture.

2. Rethinking Rebecca | Hachette UK

  • Oct 20, 2020 · It is a mystery to me why, for years, du Maurier was dismissed as a writer of romances, and Rebecca marketed as a love story. There is little ...

  • *SPOILER ALERT* If you’ve not read (or watched) Rebecca we recommend revisiting this article later.   Rebecca is a book that is not only read differently by each generation, but it bring…

3. Review: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - Julia's Bookshelves

  • Sep 29, 2022 · Rebecca is a thrilling combination of the romance and suspense genres. The book features one of the most unreliable narrators that I've ever ...

  • Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca is a masterclass in riveting imagery, suspenseful scenes, and fascinatingly unreliable characters. I’m happy to add another book to my list of five star read…

4. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier | Goodreads

  • In some of her novels, however, she went beyond the technique of the formulaic romance to achieve a powerful psychological realism reflecting her intense ...

  • Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again... The n…

5. REVIEW: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - Dear Author

  • Mar 22, 2017 · Rebecca isn't a romance, for all it contains a number of tropes familiar in romance, particularly gothic romance. So the narrator settles in to ...

  • Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. Dear Reader: I don’t remember when I first saw the film version of Rebecca – I probably caught it on Turner Classic Movies when I was in m…

6. Rebecca Review-A Haunting Tale - The Gothic Library

7. Why Rebecca is my favorite novel - Sidney Bell

  • Sep 8, 2020 · Because they think it's a fucking romance. But Rebecca is a romance the way Lolita is a romance, and by saying that what I mean is that it's not ...

  • This is a post I’ve been laboring over for a good six months, because I’m talking about something that’s really important to me. It should maybe say something that I’ve taken way more time preparing to talk about Rebecca than I ever have with posts about my own books, but whatever. My books are wh

8. Du Maurier's Rebecca and Queer Culture - Lavender Menace

  • Dec 10, 2020 · It portrays Rebecca as adventurous, romantic, ruthless – and, marginally, bisexual. Meanwhile, one of the characters, her brother, turns out to ...

  • Generations of gay men have declaimed the first line, spoken by Joan Fontaine in the 1940 film: 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again'. But for most of its 82 years in print, critics dismissed it as an ordinary gothic romance.

9. Rebecca | Summary, Characters, & Facts - Britannica

  • Sep 24, 2024 · Rebecca, Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1938. Widely considered a classic, it is a psychological thriller about a ...

  • Rebecca, Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1938. Widely considered a classic, it is a psychological thriller about a young woman who becomes obsessed with her husband’s first wife. Rebecca was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock into a popular film (1940).

10. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - The Book Slut

  • Jun 24, 2020 · Rebecca, on the other hand, is exquisite, prefers seduction to romance, and knows what she wants. For that, she is considered a 'loose' woman ...

  • Rebecca, Rebecca, you have been haunting my reading, and thank you for that.Let me tell you how it all started.One day, in my Instagram account, I made a poll asking what book should I read next: Jane Eyre or Rebecca. Most people voted for Jane Eyre, but one person sent me a private message saying how she loved Rebecca and how the 1938 classic was so special. Since words have more impact on me than numbers, I went for it.This book is narrated by an unnamed young woman that shares with us how she

11. My Real Rebecca - FSG Work in Progress

  • Mar 8, 2018 · I find it funny to think that Rebecca was advertised as a romance when it was first published in 1938. Now, I suppose, it would be marketed ...

  • Araminta Hall writes on Daphne du Maurier's Groundbreaking Feminism

12. Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca: Shades of Jane Eyre

  • May 1, 2018 · My review of Rebecca. Is it a romance novel? No. While it does contain a love story, the emotional arcs of the hero and heroine are not dwelt ...

  • This gothic mystery featuring a new bride haunted by the overwhelming presence of the last wife is often cited as a great romance. But is it really a romance? Book …

13. Looking At The Theme Of Love In Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca

  • Oct 5, 2015 · The major question in regards to him is whether he does indeed love the heroine or whether he feels pity, and if he does love her, is it romantic or more ...

  • Screen shot from Rebecca, copyright © 1940 Selznick International Pictures. I’m under no impression that love is of particular importance in Rebecca. Far more important is identity and, as Du Maurier is known to have said herself, jealousy. Indeed love is only crucial as far as the emphasis on the heroine is concerned. However I […]

14. Living with Rebecca | Fiction | The Guardian

  • Sep 12, 2001 · Some of her novels may fall within the romance category, but Rebecca, I believe, does not. If anything, it is an anti-romance - a clever ...

  • Sally Beauman has written a companion novel to Daphne du Maurier's 1938 classic Rebecca. She explains why she felt compelled to give du Maurier's silent heroine a voice, and describes the strange sensation of being haunted by a fictional character.

15. Do you think Mrs. Danvers was in love with Rebecca? - Goodreads

  • I think it was an unhealthy obsession for a woman who she considered ideal, especially so because Rebecca represented everything Mrs. Danvers herself wasn't.

  • Question about Rebecca: “Do you think Mrs. Danvers was in love with Rebecca?”

16. On Literary Censorship: Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca - Medium

  • Sep 6, 2020 · With this in mind, I begin with Daphne du Maurier's breathtaking 1938 Gothic romance, Rebecca. Despite finding it across four different ...

  • Queer subtext, manipulation, and Gothic romance most obsessive

17. Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca; desire and identification.

  • Dec 12, 2015 · In Rebecca, the desire between man and wife isn't shown in a conventional romantic way as they seem to not have a usual adult and loving ...

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18. Rebecca ~ Daphne du Maurier ~ 6/04 Export - SeniorLearn

  • That might make him a "rotter", as the British novels used to say, but not a monster. And at her age a young girl is often in love with love and easily dazzled ...

  • Rebecca ~ Daphne du Maurier ~ 6/04

19. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier: A Haunting Gothic Romance

  • Mar 12, 2024 · Rebecca – Maxim's dead first wife, who haunts the novel's characters. Beautiful, brilliant and charismatic, Rebecca is a powerful unseen ...

  • Daphne du Maurier's classic novel Rebecca is a masterful blend of romance, mystery and psychological suspense. We analyze the plot, characters, themes, and writing style of this unforgettable story.

20. Rebecca: The Return To Manderley

  • Aug 10, 2024 · Du Maurier's novel drip feeds us insights about Rebecca, mostly from people who were obsessed by her, or fail to love her complexity, and who ...

  • The one novel I return to again and again is Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. The opening dream sequence draws the reader into a lost Garden of Eden, choked with malevolent ivy and twisted rhododendrons, from which the protagonists have been expelled and cannot return. And so, we find ourselves looking up at the blackened walls of Manderley, wondering what happened there. It is a gripping story, a twisted Cinderella tale, in which the reader ends up colluding with the melodrama in such a way that th

21. Rebecca Ross Masterfully Marries Fantasy and Romance in New ...

  • Dec 13, 2022 · A Fire Endless is a riveting adventure that takes readers into the unknown and provides an epic, satisfying conclusion for the characters we've come to love.

  • The prose of Rebecca Ross’ Elements of Cadence novels is “beautiful, lyrical, with an underlying bite and realness.”

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