Daphne du Maurier the press." Shortly after "Rebecca" was published in Brazil, critic Álvaro Lins () and other readers pointed out many resemblances to the 1934 book, "A Sucessora" ("The Successor"), by Brazilian writer Carolina Nabuco. According to Nabuco and her editor, not only the main plot, but also situations and entire dialogues had been copied. Du Maurier denied having copied Nabuco's book, as did her publisher, pointing out that the plot elements used in "Rebecca" said to have been plagiarized were quite common. The controversy was examined in a 6 November 2002 article in "The New York Times". The article said that
George du Maurier Illustrated Times", "The Cornhill Magazine", and the religious periodical Good Words. Furthermore, he did illustrations for the serialization of Charles Warren Adams's "The Notting Hill Mystery", which is thought to be the first detective story of novel length to have appeared in English. Among several other novels he illustrated was "Misunderstood" by Florence Montgomery in 1873. Owing to his deteriorating eyesight, du Maurier reduced his involvement with "Punch" in 1891 and settled in Hampstead, where he wrote three novels. His first, "Peter Ibbetson", was a modest success at the time and later adapted to stage and screen, most notably in