Rebecca (novel) his deceased wife, Rebecca. The supernatural reaction of the portrait doesn't convince him and so he places her in a cupboard. The 1970 Parallel Time storyline of the Gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" was heavily inspired by "Rebecca" including the costume ball scene. Also the second "Dark Shadows" motion picture, "Night of Dark Shadows" took inspiration from the novel including a mention by Kate Jackson's character who hopes the housekeeper is not like Mrs. Danvers The fifth episode of the second series of "That Mitchell and Webb Look" contains an extended sketch parodying the 1940 film, in which Rebecca is
Rebecca (novel) Maurier. "The Times" said that "the material is of the humblest...nothing in this is beyond the novelette." In the "Christian Science Monitor" of 14 September 1938, V. S. Pritchett predicted the novel "would be here today, gone tomorrow." Few critics saw in the novel what the author wanted them to see: the exploration of the relationship between a man who is powerful and a woman who is not. "Rebecca" is listed in the 20th-Century American Bestsellers descriptive bibliography database maintained by the University of Illinois. The entry, by Katherine Huber, provided the detailed information on the English and American editions