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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, the title character.
The book follows Rebecca Hall's experiences searching through municipal records and archives in an attempt to find evidence of the Atlantic slave trade and its effects on American society. [1] Hall includes autobiographical details about herself and her ancestors in relation to her search.
Rebecca, Not Becky is Platt and Greene's first collaboration and Platt's first adult novel. [1] Platt is a Black woman and Greene is a white woman and the theme of interracial friendships is present throughout the novel. The pair described the writing process as being "hard as hell," in part because of the racial dynamic. [2]
The Key to Rebecca is a novel by the British author Ken Follett. [1] Published in 1980 by Pan Books (ISBN 0792715381), it was a best-seller that achieved popularity in the United Kingdom and worldwide. The code mentioned in the title is an intended throwback from Follett to Daphne du Maurier's famed suspense novel Rebecca.
The Latin Vulgate uses the spelling Rebecca exclusively [3] and it is followed by (ex. gr.) Wycliffe and the Bishops' Bible. In the Authorized Version of the 1600s, the spelling Rebekah is used in the Old Testament ( Genesis ) and the Latin "Rebecca" (representing Greek Bible Ῥεβέκκα) was retained in the New Testament (see Romans 9:10).
Born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1969, and living there as a child, Rebecca Walker is the daughter of Alice Walker, a Black Protestant womanist writer, and Melvyn R. Leventhal, a white Jewish civil rights lawyer. Her parents became active in the later years of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Rebecca Jarvis Scott (born July 18, 1950) is an American historian, and Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law, at University of Michigan. Early life and education