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* BlackWidow: Philip suspects Rachel of being one after he finds out about her extravagance, spending habits, her debts and the mysterious circumstances of his cousin Ambrose's death.
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* BlackWidow: Philip suspects Rachel of being one after he finds out about her extravagance, spending habits, her debts and the mysterious circumstances of his cousin Ambrose's death. [[spoiler: We never find out whether or not she is.]]
* HeManWomanHater: Ambrose is a reactionary misogynist who banishes all women from his country house, making his head-over-heels fall for Rachel all the more inexplicable. Phillip inherits both the misogyny... and the obsessive love.
* MirrorCharacter: Phillip and Rachel mirror Maxim and Rebecca from Du Maurier's earlier novel ''Rebecca'' - a possessive, violent man [[spoiler: who kills his love interest, albeit less directly than Maxim.]]
* MirrorCharacter: Phillip and Rachel mirror Maxim and Rebecca from Du Maurier's earlier novel ''Rebecca'' - a possessive, violent man [[spoiler: who kills his love interest, albeit less directly than Maxim.]]
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* ObliviousToLove: Philip hilariously fails to pick up on any of the very obvious hints that his godfather's daughter Louise is head over heels for him.
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* ObliviousToLove: Philip hilariously fails to pick up on any of the very obvious hints that his godfather's daughter Louise is head over heels for him. It also takes him a very long time to figure out that he is attracted to Rachel.
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* ObliviousToLove: Philip hilariously fails to puck up on any of the very obvious hints that his godfather's daughter Louise is head over heels for him.
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* ObliviousToLove: Philip hilariously fails to puck pick up on any of the very obvious hints that his godfather's daughter Louise is head over heels for him.
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* BlackWidow: Philip suspects Rachel of being one after he finds out about her [[MrsRedInk extravagance, spending habits, her debts]] and the mysterious circumstances of his cousin Ambrose's death.
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* BlackWidow: Philip suspects Rachel of being one after he finds out about her [[MrsRedInk extravagance, spending habits, her debts]] debts and the mysterious circumstances of his cousin Ambrose's death.
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* TheAce: Rachel is very beautiful, intelligent, well-mannered, cultured and good at everything she does, whether it is gardening, decorating, entertaining and riding. Her talents are very quickly remarked upon by everybody who meets her.
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* BlackWidow: Philip suspects Rachel of being one after he finds out about her [[MrsRedInk extravagance, spending habits, her debts]] and the mysterious circumstances of his cousin Ambrose's death.
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''My Cousin Rachel'' is a 1951 historical mystery novel by Creator/DaphneDuMaurier. It has been adapted several times, most notably as the 1952 film ''Film/MyCousinRachel'' (which Du Maurier disliked for not being faithful enough to the novel). Other adaptations include a 1983 miniseries, two radio adaptations, a theatre production, and a 2017 film.
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''My Cousin Rachel'' is a 1951 historical mystery novel by Creator/DaphneDuMaurier. It has been adapted several times, most notably as the 1952 film ''Film/MyCousinRachel'' ''Film/MyCousinRachel1952'' (which Du Maurier disliked for not being faithful enough to the novel). Other adaptations include a 1983 miniseries, two radio adaptations, a theatre production, and [[Film/MyCousinRachel2017 a 2017 film.
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* TheUnreveal: Is Rachel innocent or guilty? Philip never knows for sure, so neither do we.
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* TheUnreveal: Is Rachel innocent or guilty? Philip never knows for sure, so neither do we. As soon as a piece of evidence supporting one interpretation pops up, another follows that seems to prove the exact opposite.
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* BookEnds: The book starts and ends with Philip thinking about the now-discontinued practice of hanging criminals beside the road.
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* BookEnds: The book starts and ends with Philip thinking about the now-discontinued practice of hanging criminals beside the road. The wording is the same.
-->''They used to hang men at Four Turnings in the old days. Not any more, though.''
-->''They used to hang men at Four Turnings in the old days. Not any more, though.''
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* TitleDrop: The phrase "my cousin Rachel" is used at least a hundred times throughout the novel.
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* TheUnreveal: Is Rachel innocent or guilty? Philip never knows for sure, so neither do we.
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''My Cousin Rachel'' is a 1951 historical mystery novel by Creator/DaphneDuMaurier. It has been adapted several times, most notably as the 1952 film ''Film/MyCousinRachel'' (which Du Maurier disliked for not being faithful enough to the novel). Other adaptations include a 1983 miniseries, two radio adaptations, a theatre production, and a 2017 film.
Philip Ashley lost his parents as a child and has been raised by his older cousin Ambrose. When Philip is in his twenties Ambrose goes to Italy. While there he meets and marries Rachel Sangalletti, who is distantly related to the Ashleys. Ambrose takes ill and dies before he can return to England. But Philip receives two alarming letters written during his illness, which suggest Ambrose's death wasn't natural and Rachel may have been involved.
Rachel herself comes to stay with Philip, who initially wants to hate her but instead falls in love with her. Then he begins to suffer from severe headaches, exactly like Ambrose did...
!!Contains examples of:
* AmbiguousSituation: Everything involving Ambrose's death and Philip's headaches. [[spoiler: ''Was'' Rachel poisoning them both? Did Ambrose simply die of a brain tumour? Were Philip's headaches caused by his fever?]] The book never answers these questions.
* AMinorKidroduction: The book's first chapter is about Philip remembering himself as a child.
* BookEnds: The book starts and ends with Philip thinking about the now-discontinued practice of hanging criminals beside the road.
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: Ambrose's father and (possibly) Ambrose himself died of a brain tumour. The word "cancer" is never used to describe this.
* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler: Philip lets Rachel go for a walk, knowing she'll cross an unfinished bridge that won't bear her weight. Sure enough, she falls through the bridge and dies.]]
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''My Cousin Rachel'' is a 1951 historical mystery novel by Creator/DaphneDuMaurier. It has been adapted several times, most notably as the 1952 film ''Film/MyCousinRachel'' (which Du Maurier disliked for not being faithful enough to the novel). Other adaptations include a 1983 miniseries, two radio adaptations, a theatre production, and a 2017 film.
Philip Ashley lost his parents as a child and has been raised by his older cousin Ambrose. When Philip is in his twenties Ambrose goes to Italy. While there he meets and marries Rachel Sangalletti, who is distantly related to the Ashleys. Ambrose takes ill and dies before he can return to England. But Philip receives two alarming letters written during his illness, which suggest Ambrose's death wasn't natural and Rachel may have been involved.
Rachel herself comes to stay with Philip, who initially wants to hate her but instead falls in love with her. Then he begins to suffer from severe headaches, exactly like Ambrose did...
!!Contains examples of:
* AmbiguousSituation: Everything involving Ambrose's death and Philip's headaches. [[spoiler: ''Was'' Rachel poisoning them both? Did Ambrose simply die of a brain tumour? Were Philip's headaches caused by his fever?]] The book never answers these questions.
* AMinorKidroduction: The book's first chapter is about Philip remembering himself as a child.
* BookEnds: The book starts and ends with Philip thinking about the now-discontinued practice of hanging criminals beside the road.
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: Ambrose's father and (possibly) Ambrose himself died of a brain tumour. The word "cancer" is never used to describe this.
* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler: Philip lets Rachel go for a walk, knowing she'll cross an unfinished bridge that won't bear her weight. Sure enough, she falls through the bridge and dies.]]
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