Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier — gender, gothic haunting and gaslighting
- Written by Jessica Gildersleeve, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
KERRY BROWN/NETFLIXA small group of novels are famous for their first lines: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813), Herman Melville’s Moby Dick (1851) and Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (1877). Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (1938), belongs to this elite collection. Its opening line perfectly encapsulates the narrative’s core...





