... 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 ... book came out. The Americans loved the film even though it was geared more towards the British. Hitchcock was also born in London, England. He was born 8 years before Du Maurier in 1899. "Rebecca", the movie, was produced b...

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... 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 that soon became an even greater success than the novel itself. There are many opinions as to which ... that the 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 in a better way. While reading the novel, my suspens...

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