Abstract：Daphne du Maurier has established herself as a major eminence on the literary horizon in creating a world full of mystery and suspense. Due to her great contribution to literature, she was awarded Dame of Great Britain in 1969 and won the Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America in 1977. Rebecca is known as Daphne’s masterpiece. Published in 1938, the novel became a bestseller and brought Daphne instant international acclaim and recognition.

　　　Suspense is an important element of writing. Daphne du Maurier brings the technique of suspense into full play in her most famous novel Rebecca. She set a series of suspense, luring readers into the reading to guess what will happen next. Centering on the technique of suspense, this paper mainly explores how suspense is created in the novel.

　　　The paper falls into four chapters. Chapter one is a brief introduction to the author and her masterpiece Rebecca. Chapter two clarifies the definition of suspense. Chapter three analyzes the suspense created by flashbacks, settings, the first-person narrative and the plot. The last chapter is the conclusion.

Key words:   suspense  Rebecca  narrator “I”  Daphne du Maurier

摘要：达芙妮·杜穆里埃因其神秘、充满悬念的小说而独树一帜。鉴于对文学所做出的巨大贡献，她分别于1969、1977 年被授予大英帝国爵士勋位和美国神秘小说作家大师奖。1938 年出版的《蝴蝶梦》是杜穆里埃的成名作，一经出版便成为当时最畅销的小说，使杜穆里埃声名大振。

　　　悬念是写作的一个重要因素。达芙妮·杜穆里埃在她的著名小说《蝴蝶梦》中充分发挥悬念这一独特的文学结构形式的优势，设置了一系列悬念，极大地激发了读者的阅读兴趣。本文主要探讨悬念手法在小说中的应用。

　　　本文分为四个章节。第一章简要介绍了作者和她的代表作《蝴蝶梦》。第二章阐述悬念的定义。第三章分析了由倒叙，背景描写，第一人称叙事和情节所产生的悬念及其艺术效果。最后一章是结论。

关键词: 悬念；《吕蓓卡》；叙事者“我”；达芙妮·杜穆里埃