“It's like in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. People know the movie, but if you read the book, you realize you never hear her name.”
Andrew Sean Greer, Guest on How I WriteAndrew Sean Greer: Pulitzer Winner Teaches Writing | How I Write
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier · 1938
A gothic novel about a young woman who marries a wealthy widower and struggles to escape the lingering shadow of his deceased first wife.
Andrew Sean Greer points out the narrative detail that the main character's name is never actually heard.
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