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‘Rebecca’ Debuts on Netflix This Week. The Book Is Even More Tantalizing. Haven’t read Daphne du Maurier’s classic since high-school? You’re missing out. A psychological thriller set in a grand estate on the moody Cornish coast, it’s the ultimate page-turner—even now. RETURN TO MANDERLEY ‘Rebecca’ is as much a search for self as it is a murder mystery, May-December romance and procedural drama, all compelling reasons to pick up the book again. Photo:  Burnside Rare Books In the  Transporting Reads  series, we revisit beloved books that spirit us away–and deconstruct them in terms of location, food, fashion and more. Previous installments are here. IF YOU’VE NEVER  read Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca,” you’re in for a surprise. Initially dismissed by critics as women’s romance fiction, this 1938 bestseller delivers plot twists, promiscuity, dark secrets and, best of all, backstabbing servants. But it's since been celebrated by feminist scholars for its critique of gende...