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
1997 du Maurier Open 1997. Chris Woodruff and Monica Seles won the singles titles. It was Seles' first Tier I title of the year and her seventh overall. It was her third consecutive title at the event after winning in 1995 and 1996. Chris Woodruff defeated Gustavo Kuerten 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 Monica Seles defeated Anke Huber 6–2, 6–4 Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien 7–6, 6–3 Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis defeated Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 1997 du Maurier Open The 1997 Canadian Open (also known as the "du Maurier Open" for sponsorship reasons) was