

Yes, it’s about women - or more importantly, the relationship between the sexes. Rebecca is a timeless story about a young woman caught up in circumstances seemingly beyond her control, and while some have labelled it as either “women’s fiction” or “Gothic romance” it doesn’t really fit in with either description.

I decided it was time to find out why so many people - friends and bloggers included - count this novel as one of their all-time favourite reads. Fiction – paperback Virago 448 pages 2011.ĭaphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was first published in 1938 - and I may possibly be the last person on Earth to have read it.
