The Du Mauriers (Virago Modern Classics #123)

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Synopsis
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCAWhen Daphne du Maurier wrote this book she was only thirty years old and had already established herself both as a biographer, with the acclaimed Gerald: A Portrait, and as a novelist. Here, she further explores her fascinating family history.The Du Mauriers was written during a vintage period of her career, between two of her best-loved novels: Jamaica Inn and Rebecca.Her aim was to write her family biography 'so that it reads like a novel' and it was due to du Maurier's remarkable imaginative gifts that she was able to breathe life into the characters and depict with affection and wit the relatives she never knew, including her grandfather, the famous Victorian artist and Punch cartoonist - and creator of Trilby.'Miss du Maurier creates on the grand scale; she runs through the generations, giving her family unity and reality . . . a rich vein of humour and satire . . . observation, sympathy, courage, a sense of the romantic, are here' Observer
Copyright:
1937

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
336 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780748114634
Related ISBNs:
9781844080649
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
The Estate of Daphne du Maurier
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Introduction by:
Michael Holroyd

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