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The Doll (2011)
Short Stories
by Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) has been called one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Among her more famous works are Jamaica Inn, The Scapegoat, Rebecca, and the short story "The Birds," all of which were subsequently made into films, the latter two directed by... (learn more about this book)
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Enchanted Cornwall (1990)
Her Pictorial Memoir
by Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier tells how certain places in the English landscape acted upon her imagination so powerfully that they "whispered their secrets, and the secrets turned into stories". Her narrative is interlaced with selections from her novels and stories and her autobiographical writings. (learn more about this book)
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The Rendezvous and Other Stories (1980)
by Daphne du Maurier
The stories in this collection, some written before du Maurier published her first novel, reflect many human emotions: romance, disenchantment, fantasy, nostalgia, ambition, irony, the longing for adventure. Each of them is based on something observed, something overheard, and all will provide... (learn more about this book)
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Myself When Young (1977)
The Shaping of a Writer
by Daphne du Maurier
Both in her novels and her memoirs, Daphne du Maurier revealed an ardent desire to explore her family's history. In Myself When Young, based on diaries she kept between 1920 and 1932, du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her... (learn more about this book)
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Golden Lads (1975)
A Study of Anthony Bacon, Francis and Their Friends
by Daphne du Maurier
Prior to the publication of this biography, the elusive Anthony Bacon was merely glimpsed in the shadow of his famous younger brother, Francis. A fascinating historical figure, Anthony Bacon was a contemporary of the brilliant band of gallants who clustered round the court of Elizabeth I, and he... (learn more about this book)
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Don't Look Now and Other Stories (1971)
by Daphne du Maurier
The title novella of this collection features John and Laura who are on holiday in Venice. But it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose. (learn more about this book)
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The House on the Strand (1969)
by Daphne du Maurier
Magnus Lane, a University of London chemical researcher, asks his friend Richard Young and Young's family to stay at Kilmarth, an ancient house set in the wilds near the Cornish coast. Here, Richard drinks a potion created by Magnus and finds himself at the same spot where he was moments... (learn more about this book)
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Vanishing Cornwall (1967)
by Daphne du Maurier
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The Glass-Blowers (1963)
by Daphne du Maurier
'Perhaps we shall not see each other again. I will write to you, though, and tell you, as best I can, the story of your family. A glass-blower, remember, breathes life into a vessel, giving it shape and form and sometimes beauty; but he can with that same breath, shatter and destroy it' ... (learn more about this book)
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