Rebecca (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Daphne Du Maurier
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Romance
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: Rural Cornwall, England
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Maxim (Max) de Winter, Mrs. Danvers, Jack Favell, Frank Crawley, Colonel Julwin
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature, Gothic fiction, Suspense
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Memory, Class conflict, Love or romance, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, Betrayal, 1930’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, England or English people, Blackmail, Adultery, Remarriage, Servants, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Orphans or orphanages, Fire, Houses, mansions, or manors
- Locales: Cornwall, England
Form and Content
Rebecca is a gothic romance of the kind that has been popular since the genre was invented in the late eighteenth century. The plot is conventional: The protagonist, a young woman, finds herself in an unfamiliar and sinister setting, where she must solve a mystery and win the heart of a handsome man. This novel, which is considered one of the finest of its type, continues to be popular in the late twentieth century, despite the fact that the central character accepts a subservient role in society and in marriage.
Rebecca begins, “Last...
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