Rebecca Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

The novel was cited as an example of du Maurier's complex treatment of female vulnerability and attraction to male violence.

They mentioned the novel as a historicalfiction story centered on a strong female lead, describing the character as a "heroin addict" for her love of powerful women.

The reviewer recalled the opening line of the 1938 novel, noting its lasting power and its influence on both literature and film.

Rebecca was mentioned as a 1938 novel about jealousy with an ex, which is now a dating term called "Rebecca Syndrome".

Rebecca was a 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier that was adapted into a psychological thriller film by Alfred Hitchcock. The story followed a woman who marries a wealthy widower, but when she moves into his estate, she is haunted by the memory of his first wife, Rebecca.

It was mentioned that all her friends had been reading it, and her friend Lorna had told her that it was being made into a movie with Laurence Olivier. She was determined to finish the novel before seeing it in the theater.