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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.
[6] [Tyler's husband, Taghi Modarressi died of lymphoma in 1997; [7] this novel was finally published in 2001.] "Rebecca is no more astute—or less—than most of us about her reasons for doing things. If people were fully conscious of their motives, novelists wouldn't have anything to write novels about." [6] "I'm very fond of Peter.
The Great Believers is a historical fiction novel by American writer Rebecca Makkai published June 4, 2018, by Penguin Books. The novel follows two storylines in alternating chapters. The first, set in 1980s and '90s Chicago , centers on Yale Tishman, an art gallery acquisitions manager living in Boystown .
The novel Rebecca (1938) was du Maurier's most successful work. It was an immediate hit, selling nearly 3 million copies between 1938 and 1965. The novel has never gone out of print. In the United States, du Maurier won the National Book Award for favourite novel of 1938, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association. [23]
Mrs. Danvers is the main antagonist of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca.Danvers is the head housekeeper at Manderley, the stately manor belonging to the wealthy Maximillian "Maxim" de Winter, where he once lived with his first wife, Rebecca, whom she had adored obsessively.
Rebecca Godfrey died before she could complete her final novel, 'Peggy.' Her friend Leslie Jamison stepped in to finish it. 'Ghostwriting, in every sense': Rebecca Godfrey died writing a novel.
In the novel, the protagonist Wei Xiaobao went to Russia and helped her in the coup against her half-brother Peter I. This event led to the peace between China and Russia in the Nerchinsk Treaty. [11] Vanessa Redgrave portrayed the character of Sophia Alekseyevna in the 1986 miniseries Peter the Great. Her performance received an Emmy award ...
Nancy Rego, left, and Rebecca Peeler loved going to steeplechase races as young, single women. They had a group of women, all single, who partied together. They went to the steeplechase races in ...