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Rebecca and Other Gothic Literature Comparison Essays
Birmingham City University
We are delighted to say that we have again collaborated with Serena Trowbridge, Reader in Victorian Literature at the School of English, Birmingham City University, and the final year students to whom she has been teaching the module on Gothic Literature.
Rebecca
Jane Eyre
Carmilla
This is the fifth year that Serena and her students have contributed to our website. This year, we bring you the two finest essays comparing Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier with other Gothic literature, firstly with Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontė and secondly with the novella, Carmilla (1872) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
To read the essays that Serena's students have contributed, please go to our Interesting Facts section by clicking on the link here: https://www.dumaurier.org/menu_page.php?id=273