Rebecca (novel) Rebecca (novel) Rebecca is a Gothic novel by English author Dame Daphne du Maurier. A best-seller, "Rebecca" sold 2,829,313 copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965, and the book has never gone out of print. The novel is remembered especially for the character Mrs Danvers, the fictional estate Manderley, and its opening line: While working as the companion to a rich American woman on holiday in Monte Carlo, the unnamed narrator, a naïve young woman in her early 20s, becomes acquainted with a wealthy Englishman, George Fortescue Maximilian “Maxim” de Winter, a 42-year-old widower. After a fortnight of courtship,
I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel) Bud never tried to hurt him, and Ray answers: "He did, tonight. He knew the worst thing for me would be to stay alive in a world without you." In October 2018, Little, Brown, the publishers of many of Duncan's titles, reissued her books with updates to modernize some of the content. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was in the first group of 10 different titles that were updated and reissued with these changes. Small details were changed to include references to modern tools such as Google, cell phones, and clothing choices. I Know What You Did Last