達芙妮•杜穆裏埃（Daphne du Maurier，1907 - 1989）

全世界的圖書館裏被藉閱次數最多的女作傢。英國當代著名女作傢，英國皇傢文學會會員。當代最有影響力的世界級作傢之一。

杜穆裏埃一生共創作有17部長篇以及幾十種其他體裁的文學作品， 被譽為“打破通俗 小說與純文學界限”的大師級作傢。1938年齣版的成名作《蝴蝶夢》甚至影響瞭一個時代情感小說的走嚮。其巔峰時期的代錶作《浮生夢》則以英國西南部風土人情為背景，刻畫瞭一個熾熱感傷的唯美愛情故事，被評論界稱為“我們這個時代最好也是最有存在價值的作品之一”。

達芙妮•杜穆裏埃一生精彩傳奇。她齣生文學世傢，祖父喬治•杜穆裏埃是作傢和插圖畫傢，父親傑拉爾德•杜穆裏埃爵士是著名的戲劇演員。她從小就深受文學和戲劇的熏陶。她的父親有三個女兒，達夫妮希望自己是個兒子，以滿足父親的期望。終其一生，她自視為男性，使自己的女性生活隱含瞭壓抑著的衝突，不過她隱藏瞭這種感情，隻在文字中顯示自己的內心衝突。

達芙妮厭惡城市生活，長期住在英國西南部的康沃爾郡，康沃爾郡的生活方式保留瞭很多維多利亞時代的特徵，也是寫作哥特式小說的最好土壤。她的小說多以當地農莊的社會習俗與風土人情為主題或背景，崇尚原始生活，充滿浪漫感傷的情調，人物刻畫細膩，情節麯摺，氣氛神秘，夾雜著帶有宿命論色彩的感傷主義。

譯者簡介：

薑鞦霞

教授，翻譯學博士，英語教學論博士生導師，曾任西北師範大學外國語學院院長，現任蘭州城市學院副校長，譯作有《夜訪吸血鬼》《浮生夢》等。

"From the first pagethe reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca." The New York Times "From the bestselling author of Rebecca, another classic set in beautiful and mysterious Cornwall." Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that the man he loved died far from home. He is also suspicious. While in Italy, Ambrose fell in love with Rachel, a beautiful English and Italian woman. But the final, brief letters Ambrose wrote hint that his love had turned to paranoia and fear. Now Rachel has arrived at Philip's newly inherited estate. Could this exquisite woman, who seems to genuinely share Philip's grief at Ambrose's death, really be as cruel as Philip imagined? Or is she the kind, passionate woman with whom Ambrose fell in love? Philip struggles to answer this question, knowing Ambrose's estate, and his own future, will be destroyed if his answer is wrong. Bonus Reading Group Guide Included PRAISE FOR DAPHNE DU MAURIER "Miss du Maurier is... a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile. And in My Cousin Rachel she does both, with Rebecca looking fondly over her shoulder." New York Times "Double-distilled readers' delight." Manchester Guardian