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'I preferred the rose garden, after all, to the sound of the sea': Floral Hauntings in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca

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For this episode of the Writing Women Podcast, I researched one of my favourite novels to dig out Daphne du Maurier's incredible use of the floral metaphor. From the frightening, other-worldly rhododenrons to the confines of the rose gardens to the mournful hydrangeas, the flowers in Manderley reflect their inhabitants and give clues to how the novel is going to end from it's opening paragraph.

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Links:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/23/olivia-laing-on-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca-80-years-on

https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/nightmares-mirrors-and-possession-in-daphne-du-mauriers-rebecca

https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/daphne-du-maurier-and-the-gothic-tradition

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/last-night-i-dreamt-i-went-to-manderley-again-rebecca-and-me-1.3402476

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/books/daphne-du-maurier-enthusiast.html

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