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Gothic FictionRomantic Suspense

Rebecca

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  • 1938 first published
  • 386 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (53 ratings)
  • 200 editions
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Rebecca is a 1938 gothic fiction and romantic suspense play by Daphne du Maurier. It takes readers to Cornwall, County and Cornwall, England : County in the 20th century. It deals with married women, Remarriage, remarried people and Drama.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 53 ratings, and 901 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 200 editions across 11 languages.

At about 386 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Rebecca

With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers: a suite immaculate and untouched, clothing laid out and ready to be worn, but not by any of the great house's current occupants. With an eerie presentiment of evil tightening her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter walked in the shadow of her mysterious predecessor, determined to uncover the darkest secrets and shattering truths about Maxim's first wife—the late and hauntingly beautiful Rebecca.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Married women
  • Cornwall, England : County
  • Remarriage
  • Remarried people
  • Drama
  • Suspense fiction
  • Wives
  • England Gothic fiction
  • Love stories
  • Smugglers
  • Gothic fiction, England
  • Gothic
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Cornwall, England : county
  • Suspense romance
  • Married people

Quick answers

Who wrote Rebecca?

Rebecca was written by Daphne du Maurier and first published in 1938.

What genre is Rebecca?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Romantic Suspense.

How long is Rebecca?

The median edition has 386 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Rebecca?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Dead Secret, Lord of the Far Island and Thornyhold.

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