My Cousin Rachel

My Cousin Rachel
First US edition
AuthorDaphne du Maurier
LanguageEnglish
PublisherVictor Gollancz (UK)
Doubleday (US)
Publication date
1951
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
OCLC70160575

My Cousin Rachel is a Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951. Bearing thematic similarities to her earlier and more famous novel Rebecca, it is a mystery-romance, set primarily on a large estate in Cornwall.

The story has its origins in a portrait of Rachel Carew at Antony House in Cornwall, which du Maurier saw and took as inspiration.[1]

  1. ^ Biggers, Shirley Hoover (23 September 2002). British Author House Museums and Other Memorials: A Guide to Sites in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland. p. 175. ISBN 0786412682.