My Cousin Rachel (2017) dir. Roger Michell

Angry Danny? ANGRY DANNY!!!

From Dapne du Maurier 's Tale :' My Cousin Rachel ', illustrated by Errol Le Cain, 1970

i'm still not done about rebecca. everyone who says the protagonist doesn't have a name because she is so overshadowed by rebecca's are missing the part where she is exclusively referred to as mrs. de winter constantly. she is not overshadowed by rebecca. she is overshadowed by her role as a rich aristocrats wife. but unlike her, rebecca kept her name. she could be both herself and maxim's wife. and he killed her for it, but even her own murder came down to her own decision to die quickly and painlessly. meanwhile, maxims second wife gets to live, but she doesn't get to keep her name. she ends her story like she started it - touring across europe as someone's companion without a home.

forgot to add: the name maxim literally means the greatest. the protagonist refers to him as maxim, almost everyone in his life does. rebecca shortened it to max. she never let him or any man overshadow her.

Full credit to Lauren Jones for finding this; she's mentioned a couple of times on Instagram that a letter from Daphne du Maurier to a fan has potential names in it, and I thought I'd seek out the letter as well since she didn't share it and here it is:

"I don't like other people touching my things. And you're mine, aren't you, Danny?" (x)

JOAN FONTAINE in REBECCA (1940) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Daphne du Maurier, from “The Apple Tree”, The Birds and Other Stories (1952)

Rebecca (1940) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

deletes you forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [you still exist as metadata]

#Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (via @marzipanandminutiae)

Reading Danvich fanfiction nobody talk to me

Mrs Danvers was the first character that made me feel the need to read fanfiction. Baffling but true.

Sometimes, I wonder if she doesn’t come back here to Manderley, to watch you and Mr. de Winter together. You look tired. Why don’t you stay here a while and rest, and listen to the sea? It’s so soothing. Listen to it.

Judith Anderson & Joan Fontaine in Rebecca 1940 dir. Alfred Hitchcock

favorite first lines: rebecca, by daphne du maurier

Rebecca das Musical + Mean Girls quotes (insp)

Rebecca | Alfred Hitchcock | 1940