Daphne du Maurier born in London, England, died in Par, Cornwall was an English novelist and playwright, daughter of the actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier, best, JPG, 98. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier AS level educational resource, editable PowerPoint This teaching resource is an interesting unit for teaching the novel Rebecca by, ~ A collection of essays. Bakerman's chapter on Daphne du Maurier claims that in her six "romantic suspense novels". Du Maurier, Daphne. The Rebecca notebook and other memories. Garden City, N. Another example of symbolism used by Du Maurier to foreshadow Rebecca's return and to show the narrator's possible paranoia is the description used by the narrator to describe Rebecca's writing as being "overshadowing in comparison to others letters” and having a “sense of imposing superiority” which could be used to imply that the narrator. In an interview with Apple Music, Taylor Swift revealed that she was inspired by the novel "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier when writing "tolerate it." She referred to the character in the book who felt that her husband was only tolerating her efforts. Taylor shared, “There was a part of me that was in relationship. A collection of essays. Bakerman's chapter on Daphne du Maurier argues that in her six “romantic suspense novels,” including Rebecca, we see not only new uses of the gothic “formula.”