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1、RebeccaAbouttheauthorDaphneduMaurier(1907-1989),borninLondon.SheisaBritishauthor.HerfatherwasSirGeraldduMaurier,theleadingactorandmanageratWyndham’sTheatreinLondon.Hermother,Muriel,wasanactressandhergrandfather,GeorgeduMaurier,wasanartistandwriter.SoDaphneandhertow
2、sistersgrewupinaworldofwritersandactors.Shewasavoraciousreader.Herfirstpoemsandstorieswerewrittenwhileshewasstillachild.AbouttheauthorIn1932,DaphneduMaurierwasmarriedwithFrederickBrowningwhoreadherfirstfull-lengthworkoffiction,TheLovingSpiritandfellinlovewithher.Ab
3、outtheauthorHerhusbandBrowninghadbeenengagedtoaverybeautifulandself-assuredwomanbeforeheknewDaphne.Daphnewasconsumedwithjealousy.ItseemslikelythatthiswomanmaywellhavebeendevelopedtocreatethecharacterofRebecca.Onthecontrary,thenamelesssecondMrs.deWinterisnoneotherth
4、anDaphneduMaurierherself.content"LastnightIdreamtIwenttoManderleyagain"isthebook'sfamousopeningline,andafterthefirsttwochapters,itsunnamednarrator(sheisonlyknownbyhertitle,MrsdeWinter)reminiscesaboutherpast.WhileworkingasthecompaniontoarichAmericanwomanvacationingi
5、nMonteCarlo,thenarratorbecomesacquaintedwithawealthyEnglishman,Maximilian(Maxim)deWinter,a40-somethingwidower.Afterafortnightofcourtship,sheagreestomarryhimand,aftertheweddingandhoneymoon,accompanieshimtohismansion,thebeautifulWestCountryestateManderley.contentMrs.
6、Danvers,thehousekeeper,wasprofoundlydevotedtothefirstMrs.deWinter,Rebecca.ShecontinuallyattemptstounderminethenewMrs.deWinterpsychologically,subtlysuggestingtoherthatshewillneverattaintheurbanityandcharmthefirstonepossessed.WheneverthenewMrs.deWinterattemptstomakec
7、hangesatManderley,Mrs.DanversdescribeshowRebeccaranitwhenshewasalive.EachtimeMrs.Danversdoesthis,sheimpliesthatthenewMrs.deWinterlackstheexperienceandknowledgenecessaryforrunninganimportantestate.CowedbyMrs.Danvers'simposingmanner,thenewmistresssimplycaves.contentS
8、heissoonconvincedthatMaximregretshisimpetuousdecisiontomarryherandisstilldeeplyinlovewiththeseeminglyperfectRebecca.TheclimaxoccursatManderley'sa
