Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To be famous for just one novel—even a novel as good as Rebecca—is a mixed blessing for any author. Daphne du Maurier wrote 17 ...

French novelist Tatiana de Rosnay (Sarah's Key) can’t stop dreaming of Manderley. She’s a lifelong fan of Daphne du Maurier’s novels, especially 1938’s Rebecca, with its British manor stuffed with ...

"Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again." That's the immortal opening sentence of Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier's 1938 masterpiece. How often have I been lured in to both the novel and the 1940 ...

Tatiana de Rosnay tells us that, at the age of 11, when she first opened a copy of “Rebecca,” she “had no idea how important that novel would become in my life.” We may believe her, but its author, ...

Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, is The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University. She is an associate editor of ...