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Rebecca is a classic work of gothic fiction, including a picturesque setting, a looming sense of untold secrets and terror, and just a dash of violence and sense of the paranormal. As I was reading this book, I could not help but see the parallels between it and another classic of gothic fiction: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte: a mansion consumed by fire, the romance between an older man and a much younger woman, and the lurking presence of the ghost of a first wife. Where it differs from Jane Ey
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