Episode 165: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Fable & The Verbivore

English - November 08, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 164: Ghosts and Zombies

Next Episode: Episode 166: Creative Flow

Notes:

This episode serves as our wrap up for our fall monster and spooky storytelling episodes. This novel has not been out of print in the over 80 years since its initial release and we have a lot of opinions about this story.

Also, *spoiler alert*, we felt that there was no way to talk about this book without digging into the twists that come about 75% of the way through the story. We’d recommend reading the book first, before listening to this episode.

Here are a few articles and videos we referenced for this conversation:

Vanity Fair article “Who Really Inspired Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca?”

The Guardian article “Sex, jealousy and gender: Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca 80 years on | Olivia Liang”

InquiriesJournal.com article “Echoes in Gothic Romance: Stylistic Similarities Between Jane Eyre and Rebecca | By Stephanie S. Haddad”

Youtube Video “How to make your writing suspenseful - Victoria Smith | TED-Ed”

YouTube Video “How to write descriptively - Nalo Hopkinson | TED-Ed”

YouTube Video “Is Rebecca a Love Story? | Take Two | Netflix | The Take”

YouTube Video “Rebecca, Lost in Adaptation ~ The Dom | Dominic Noble”

YouTube Video “Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier Analysis | MissHannaLovesGrammar”

We touch on several of our previous podcast episodes. They are as follows:

- Episode 131: Jurassic Park

- Episode 161: Monster In The House Stories