Daphne du maurier my cousin rachel

1951 novel by Daphne du Maurier

For the novel's adaptations, see My Cousin Rachel (1952 film), My Cousin Rachel (2017 film), and My Cousin Rachel (TV series).

My Cousin Rachel is a Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951.

Daphne du maurier my cousin rachel

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]

Plot summary

Ambrose Ashley is the owner of a large country estate on the Cornish coast and has been guardian to his orphaned cousin Philip since the latter was eighteen months old.

On Sundays, Philip's godfather Nick Kendall and his daughter Louise come to lunch with them, as do the Reverend Mr Pascoe and his family. Life is good apart from a few health problems that require Ambrose to spend the winter in warme