... up by a famous publishing house when she was in her twenties. When it was published she became famous. Through this she met her husband, Major-General Sir Frederick Browning. Daphne Du Maurier started writing "Rebecca" in 1937. At the time she was already married. Her husband was stationed in Egypt, and he was an officer in the guards. She thought it was a danger to ... , England. He was born 8 years before Du Maurier in 1899. "Rebecca", the movie, was produced by David O. Selznick who also made the movie "Gone With The Wind". It was the first of very many great films by Hitchcock. The b...

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... Daphne du Maurier finished her novel, she said to herself, So it was. A finished novel. Title, Rebecca. I wondered if my publisher would think it stupid, overdone. Luckily (for me) he did not. Nor did the readers when it was published. Little did du Maurier know, her novel ended up becoming a great success. Soon after, Alfred Hitchcock made a film version of Rebecca ... novel was far more effective that the movie version for a number of reasons. One of the reasons that I feel that the original novel Rebecca was more effective than the movie version was that I think the novel held suspense...

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