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The Book That Defined Jennifer Egan's Literary Purpose

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The author Jennifer Egan shares a novel that helped her define her chief literary purpose: “Rebecca,” by Daphne du Maurier, which she says helped reveal the kind of experience she is looking for as a reader.

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