Rebecca (1938) Aims of Lecture Consideration of Rebecca as an adaptation of Jane Eyre, to be itself adapted by women writers Introduction to Du Maurier. - ppt download

Rebecca (1938) Aims of Lecture Consideration of Rebecca as an adaptation of Jane Eyre, to be itself adapted by women writers Introduction to Du Maurier. - ppt download: Rebecca’s impact Has one of the most famous opening lines in English Literature Was adapted as a stage play in 1939 In 1938 Neville Chamberlain was said to have a copy of the novel in his briefcase as he flew to Munich in the hope of ‘peace in our time’ Hitchcock directed a film version in 1940 Novel accused of plagiarism by two authors and is said to bear a strong similarity to A Successora (a Brazilian novel by Caroline Nabuco – the similarity explained away by their resemblance to Jane Eyre As the model for romantic fiction ever since