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...public, since the New York Times divulged it two months ago, is a quarrel between Miss du Maurier's publishers and the Brazilian novelist, Carolina Nabuco,* who points out what seem to her, and to irate Brazilian literary circles, many remarkable similarities between her own novel, A Sucesora, and the more recent Rebecca. In London Miss du Maurier denies ever having heard either of A Sucesora or its author, prior to the accusation. Her publishers point out that "the sad-second-wife setup" (framework of both novels) is as old as the Book of Ruth. The story of Frenchman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bull's-Eye for Bovarys | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

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