Rebecca | Essays and Criticism

  • The Narrator of de Maurier's Story

    In the following essay, the author examines whether the lack of information about the narrator of du Maurier 's story is a legitimate artistic device or just an amusing but ultimately pointless trick.

  • Daphne du Maurier

    In the following essay, Bakerman discusses du Maurier 's romantic suspense novels, noting her inventiveness, and that "the many, many, modern gothics which echo Rebecca" are good evidence that du Maurier tends to set trends rather than to follow them.

  • Sinister House

    In the following review, Davenport calls Rebecca a quality melodrama, comparing it with Jane Eyre.

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