NOVELIST Daphne Du Maurier is most famous for her 1938 book Rebecca. But the private life of the reclusive wordsmith was just as eventful as her novels - here we look at her life and rumours she ...

Recently voted the nation’s favourite book ... Rebecca, the novel beguiles and deceives by turns as we are compelled to delve beneath the surface glamour that skilfully veils what Du Maurier ...

9. Daphne du Maurier has been accused of plagiarizing parts of Rebecca from Brazilian author Carolina Nabuco's book The Successor. 10. During World War II, a copy of Rebecca was discovered among ...

Rebecca was the first work du Maurier published after nabbing a three-book deal with a fat £1,000 ... Born in 1907, Daphne du Maurier had a privileged upbringing: governesses, tutors, finishing ...

We may believe her, but its author, Daphne du Maurier, might have bridled ... chilling unromantic early book—it is because of “Rebecca.” It may be derivative, a reworking of “Jane Eyre ...

Rebecca is based on the novel of the same name by De Maurier released in 1938. The book became an instant ... love with the classic tale? Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier’s most successful novel ...

NOVELIST Daphne Du Maurier is most famous for her 1938 book Rebecca. But the private life of the reclusive wordsmith was just as eventful as her novels - here we look at her life and rumours she ...

macabre plot of Rebecca, says Matthew Dennison In 1937, Daphne du Maurier signed a three-book deal with Victor Gollancz. She was 30 years old, the author of four previous novels, including ...

Books by Daphne du Maurier (Shutterstock) They were right. Rebecca sold 2.8 million copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965, and went on to be adapted numerous times for stage and screen.