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A Sucessora
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Wikipedia article
'A Sucessora' is a novel written by the Brazilian writer Carolina Nabuco.Brando, Ruth Silviano. 'Mulher ao p da letra: a personagem feminina na literatura : ensaio' Editoria UFMG. pp. 107110 It was first published in 1934 and was later adapted into the 1978 telenovela 'A Sucessora'.[http://www.parana-online.com.br/editoria/policia/news/61250/ Os 25 anos da novela A Sucessora, de Manoel Carlos] Parana Online
Synopsis
The story revolves around the character of Mariana, a young woman who has married the widower Roberto Steen. As Mariana attempts to acclimatise to her new marriage and responsibilities, she discovers that Steen's dead wife, Alice, still seems to have a hold over the household.
Controversy
'A Sucessora' received international attention after the publication of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel 'Rebecca', which presented striking similarities to Nabuco's novel.'Genero e representacao na literatura brasileira'. Faculdade de Letras, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Letras, Estudos Literarios. 2002, p. 136Cook, Judith. 'Daphne: A Portrait of Daphne Du Maurier'. Ulverscroft Large Print Book. 1992, pp. 195, 199 Critic lvaro Lins remarked in 1941 that there was little difference between the two novels.Lins, lvaro. Jornal de critica. Olympio, 1941. pp. 234236 In the wake of the film, 'The New York Times Book Review' published an article highlighting the novels' many similarities prompting du Maurier to rebuff claims of plagiarism in a Letter to the Editor, where she wrote that she had not heard of Nabuco or 'A Sucessora' until the previous year.[https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/01/archives/letter-to-the-editor-1-no-title.html Du Maurier, Daphne. 'Letter to the Editor 1'. New York Times. February 01, 1942, Section Book Review, p BR2.] Du Maurier's publishers also denied any intentional similarities between the two works,New York Times. 'Rebecca' Publisher Denies Any 'Parallel'. Nov 21, 1941 although Nabuco herself believed that her work had been plagiarizedNabuco, Carolina. 'Oito dcadas: memrias'. Nova fronteira, 2000. p. 141 and there were claims that du Maurier's publisher intentionally gave her a copy of Nabuco's manuscript.Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Programa de Ps-Graduao em Letras--Estudos Literrios. 'Gnero e representao na literatura brasileira'. UFMG, Faculdade de Letras, Programa de Ps-Graduao em Letras, Estudos Literrios, 2002. p. 136 Nabuco also claimed that producers of the theatrical version of 'Rebecca' came to her with a contract that would state that the similarities between the two books were coincidental and that she would be "compensated with a quantity described as 'of considerable value'" if she signed.[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/06/books/tiger-in-a-lifeboat-panther-in-a-lifeboat-a-furor-over-a-novel.html?pagewanted=3 Tiger in a Lifeboat, Panther in a Lifeboat: A Furor Over a Novel] New York Times
References
Category:1934 novels
Category:Brazilian novels
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