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5 August 1938 [1] Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier. The novel depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.
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Daphne du Maurier. Daphne Du Maurier also known as 'Lady Browning' was a British writer and playwright born on 13th May 1907 in London. She belonged to a creative family where her father and mother both were actors, her uncle was a magazine editor and her grandfather was a writer. This became the base for her literary talent as she started.
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Daphne Du Maurier. Writer: The Birds. Daphne Du Maurier was one of the most popular English writers of the 20th Century, when middle-brow genre fiction was accorded a higher level of respect in a more broadly literate age. For her services to literature, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1969, the female equivalent of a knighthood.
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Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright, daughter of actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier, best known for her novel Rebecca (1938). She also wrote the novel The Loving Spirit (1931), the travel guide Vanishing Cornwall (1967), and the story collection The Rendezvous and Other Stories (1980).
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This book, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2024, contains two of Daphne's novels, My Cousin Rachel and Mary Anne. The Daphne du Maurier Tandem, published in 1964. Moving on to films, there are two anniversaries. Firstly, the original movie o f Frenchman's Creek, starring Joan Fontaine as Dona St Columb and Arturo de Cordova as the pirate.
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Genre. Daphne du Maurier was born on 13 May 1907 at 24 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London, the middle of three daughters of prominent actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel, née Beaumont. In many ways her life resembles a fairy tale. Born into a family with a rich artistic and historical background, her paternal.
Daphne Du Maurier, detail of diptych, photo Curtis Moffat. London, UK, early 20th century V&A
An influential British author, Daphne Du Maurier was an institution within her own right, who came to be respected as a masterful storyteller with a keen eye for both structure and form, something which many have tried to replicate over the intervening years since her death to varying degrees of success. Usually utilizing a moody and foreboding.
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Don't Look Now at 50: Nicolas Roeg's mesmeric horror of inescapable grief. The acclaimed adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story remains a visually immersive descent and a chilling.
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Biographie. Daphné du Maurier est la fille de Sir Gerald du Maurier, acteur célèbre de son époque, et la petite-fille de l'écrivain et dessinateur George du Maurier, lequel fut un ami de Henry James et auteur notamment de Peter Ibbetson. La mère de Daphné, Muriel Beaumont, est également actrice. Elle abandonne sa carrière en se mariant.
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Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE (13 May 1907 - 19 April 1989) was an English author and playwright.Although she is classed as a romantic novelist,.
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Much more than a romance writer, Daphne du Maurier inspired Hitchcock classics, dabbled in sci-fi, and even predicted Brexit, writes Lucy Scholes.
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Dame Daphne du Maurier, the English novelist who died in 1989, was fascinated by her French heritage. The author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn had been brought up on tales of an aristocratic ancestor.
Daphne Du Maurier 1922....author of "The Birds".....adapted for the Hitchcock film Portrait
Daphne du Maurier (13th May 1907 - 19th April 1989) was first and foremost a really excellent storyteller but she was also part of the remarkable du Maurier dynasty - a granddaughter, daughter, sister, military wife, mother and grandmother. Daphne is often thought of as reclusive; she was perhaps solitary, comfortable with her own company and.
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1. Rebecca (1940) "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.". Ben Wheatley has some big shoes to fill with his remake, because Hitchcock's first Hollywood film, adapted from Du Maurier.
"Rebeccas Geheimnis" Was die berühmte Schriftstellerin Daphne du Maurier über ihre Familie
Daphne du Maurier was born in 1907 in Regent's Park, London to an actress and actor-manager, growing up surrounded by art and theater. With their governesses, she grew up with her two sisters "bound together in a world of the imagination, stories and fantasy", which greatly influenced her creative career ("Daphne").
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Refresh and try again. Rate this book. Clear rating. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The House on the Strand. by. Daphne du Maurier. 3.83 avg rating — 12,562 ratings — published 1969 — 157 editions. Want to Read.