The Du Mauriers

Author : Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher : Virago
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780748114634

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The Du Mauriers by Daphne Du Maurier Pdf

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA. 'Miss du Maurier creates on the grand scale . . . observation, sympathy, courage, a sense of the romantic, are here' OBSERVER 'It is my pick of the Spring biographical material for sheer entertainment value . . . a gifted story teller' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH When 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.

Author : Lisa Gabriele
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473562561

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The Winters by Lisa Gabriele Pdf

HOW DO YOU REPLACE THE PERFECT WIFE? Inspired by the classic novel Rebecca, The Winters is a riveting story about what happens when a family's ghosts resurface and threaten to upend everything. After a whirlwind romance, a young woman returns to the opulent, secluded mansion of her new fiancé Max Winter - a wealthy senator and recent widower - and a life of luxury she's never known. But all is not as it appears at the Asherley estate. The house is steeped in the memory of Max's beautiful first wife Rebekah, who haunts the young woman's imagination and feeds her uncertainties, while his very alive teenage daughter Dani makes her life a living hell. As the soon-to-be second Mrs. Winter grows more in love with Max, and more afraid of Dani, she is drawn deeper into the family's dark secrets - the kind of secrets that could kill her, too. 'A stylish, highly original and completely addictive take on du Maurier's Rebecca. Read it!' Shari Lapena, bestselling author of Someone We Know 'A sharp exercise in psychological suspense' Guardian 'It's as beautifully written as it is (re)plotted and the updating of the characters is superb. Fabulous - and not just for Rebecca fans' Daily Mail

Author : Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher : Virago
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780748114634

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The Du Mauriers by Daphne Du Maurier Pdf

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA. 'Miss du Maurier creates on the grand scale . . . observation, sympathy, courage, a sense of the romantic, are here' OBSERVER 'It is my pick of the Spring biographical material for sheer entertainment value . . . a gifted story teller' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH When 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.

Author : Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher : Virago
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405518130

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The Parasites by Daphne Du Maurier Pdf

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'One of the last century's most original literary talents' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Wickedly readable . . . every woman instinctively wants to read her' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ' Somehow more personal than Daphne du Maurier's other novels' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'When people play the game: Name three or four persons whom you would choose to have with you on a desert island - they never choose the Delaneys. They don't even choose us one by one as individuals. We have earned, not always fairly we consider, the reputation of being difficult guests . . . ' Maria, Niall and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents. Their father is a flamboyant singer and their mother is a talented dancer. Now pursuing their own creative dreams, all three siblings feel an undeniable bond, but it is Maria and Niall who share the secret of their parents' pasts. Alternately comic and poignant, The Parasites is based on the artistic milieu its author knew best and draws the reader effortlessly into that magical world.

Author : Daphne Du Maurier,Margaret Forster
Publisher : Random House
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446455609

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Daphne Du Maurier by Daphne Du Maurier,Margaret Forster Pdf

The definitive biography of Daphne Du Maurier, one of history's greatest psychological thriller novelists Rebecca, published in 1938, brought its author instant international acclaim, capturing the popular imagination with its haunting atmosphere of suspense and mystery. Du Maurier was immediately established as the queen of the psychological thriller. But the more fame this and her other books encouraged, the more reclusive Daphne du Maurier became. Margaret Forster's award-winning biography could hardly be more worthy of its subject. Drawing on private letters and papers, and with the unflinching co-operation of Daphne du Maurier's family, Margaret Forster explores the secret drama of her life - the stifling relationship with her father, actor-manager Gerald du Maurier; her troubled marriage to war hero and royal aide, 'Boy' Browning; her wartime love affair; her passion for Cornwall and her deep friendships with the last of her father's actress loves, Gertrude Lawrence, and with an aristocratic American woman. Most significant of all, Margaret Forster ingeniously strips away the relaxed and charming facade to lay bare the true workings of a complex and emotional character whose passionate and often violent stories mirrored her own fantasy life more than anyone could ever have imagined.

Author : Jane Dunn
Publisher : Collins
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography
ISBN : 000734709X

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Daphne Du Maurier and Her Sisters by Jane Dunn Pdf

The Du Mauriers -- three beautiful, successful and rebellious sisters. Much has been written about Daphne but here the hidden lives of the sisters are revealed in a riveting group biography.

Author : Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher : Virago
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780748114627

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Gerald: A Portrait by Daphne Du Maurier Pdf

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'A remarkable book . . . brilliant comic writing' THE TIMES 'An enthralling picture of family life . . . devotion to Gerald, the man' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Du Maurier has no equal' DAILY TELEGRAPH Sir Gerald du Maurier was the most celebrated actor-manager of his day, knighted for his services to the theatre in 1922. He was also a father to one of the most enduring writers of the twentieth century. Published within six months of her father's death, this frank biography was considered shocking by many of his admirers, but it was a huge success, winning Daphne du Maurier critical acclaim and launching her career. In Gerald: A Portrait, Daphne du Maurier captures the spirit and charm of the charismatic actor who played the original Captain Hook. It amusingly recalls his eccentricities, sense of humour and sensitively portrays the darker side of his nature and bouts of depression.

Author : Piers Dudgeon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Authors, Scottish
ISBN : 1605981915

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Neverland by Piers Dudgeon Pdf

The untold story behind Peter Pan The shocking account of J. M. Barrie's abuse and exploitation of the du Maurier family.

Author : Piers Dudgeon
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446476574

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Captivated by Piers Dudgeon Pdf

J. M. Barrie has long been a controversial figure; as D. H. Lawrence observed in 1921, 'Barrie has a fatal touch for those he loves. They die'. The five nervous breakdowns, two suicides, one attempted suicide and numerous deaths that are associated with him blacken the reputation of a man adored by generations of children. However, what is less well known is that Barrie's malign influence grew out of his infatuation with the du Maurier family, particularly with the hypnotist, George du Maurier, creator of Svengali; with George's daughter and grandsons (models for the Darlings in Peter Pan); and with his enigmatic granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca and Barrie's final victim, whose life and work can never again be considered without reference to 'Unlce Jim'.

Author : Daphne du Maurier
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316323710

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Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier Pdf

She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country. An ambitious, stunning, and seductive young woman, Mary Anne finds the single most rewarding way to rise above her station: she will become the mistress to a royal duke. In doing so, she provokes a scandal that rocks Regency England. A vivd portrait of sex, ambition, and corruption, Mary Anne is set during the Napoleonic Wars and based on Daphne du Maurier's own great-great-grandmother. "This novel catches fire."-New York Times

Author : Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher : London : Gollancz
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 0575022841

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Growing Pains by Daphne Du Maurier Pdf

Author : George Du Maurier
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Artists
ISBN : BSB:BSB11665792

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Trilby by George Du Maurier Pdf

"Little Billee is a young English painter with great talent. He and his friends Taffy and the Laird share a studio in a Quartier Latin neighborhood full of artists and musicians, including a German-Polish music teacher named Svengali. The group become acquainted with an artists' model named Trilby, who was orphaned as a child and who works to support her little brother and herself. Trilby is lively, charming, unpretentious, and beautiful, and soon Little Billee is madly in love. When his mother learns that Little Billee intends to marry an artists' model (nude models were almost as socially unacceptable as protitutes) she travels to Paris and tells Trilby that such a marriage would mean ruin for Billee and his family. Trilby promises that she will never see Little Billee again. Soon afterward, Trilby vanishes, leaving Billee sick and distraught. Many years later, Billee and his friends hear of a singer called "La Svengali" who has astonished all of Europe. By attending one of her performances, they learn that "La Svengali" is the wife of the music teacher they knew in the Quartier Latin, trained by him to sing with more technical mastery than anyone has ever heard. When "La Svengali" appears on stage, they see that she is none other than Trilby. Her singing moves the audience to tears, though everyone notices that she moves stiffly and strangely and that her face is as blank as an automaton's. Not until Svengali dies suddenly during a concert is Trilby set free from the hypnotic spell that has controlled her for years.""--Allreaders.com.

Author : Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher : Virago
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405518079

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My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier Pdf

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING RACHEL WEISZ AND SAM CLAFIN 'Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile' NEW YORK TIMES 'Du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ' . . . one of her best novels, ingeniously contrived as to plot, successfully realized as to characters' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'I threw the piece of paper on the fire. She saw it burn . . . ' Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in making Philip his heir, knowing he will treasure his beautiful Cornish estate. But Philip's world is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries. Then he suddenly dies in suspicious circumstances. In almost no time at all, the new widow - Philip's cousin Rachel - turns up in England. Despite himself, Philip is drawn to this beautiful, sophisticated, mysterious woman like a moth to the flame. And yet . . . might she have had a hand in Ambrose's death?

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410336484

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A Study Guide for Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

Author : Daphne du Maurier
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812217268

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The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier Pdf

"Prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew."—New York Times