Daphne Du Maurier
by Margaret Forster | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0099333317 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0099333317 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Kleptokitty on 3/22/2005
3 journalers for this copy...
Part of a box of books I'm passing on to CaffCaff.
With many thanks to the British & International Sailor's Society Charity Shop in North Camp, Farnborough, who made this registration & release possible.
With many thanks to the British & International Sailor's Society Charity Shop in North Camp, Farnborough, who made this registration & release possible.
Given to me by Kleptokitty.....
Think i might offer this one up on the Relay's or if there isnt a biog one, i'll start one......
Think i might offer this one up on the Relay's or if there isnt a biog one, i'll start one......
Journal Entry 3 by AngelChild at Bookrelay in BookRelay.Com, Bookrelay -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, March 27, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (3/29/2005 UTC) at Bookrelay in BookRelay.Com, Bookrelay -- Controlled Releases
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Sending to nyassa. Thanks for accepting from the relay :o)
Hope you enjoy it!
Sending to nyassa. Thanks for accepting from the relay :o)
Hope you enjoy it!
Arrived safely yesterday, many thanks!
Synopsis from Amazon
"Rebecca", published in 1938, brought its author instant international acclaim, capturing the popular imagination in a way that few other 20th-century novels have done, with its haunting atmosphere of suspense and mystery. But the more fame this and her other books encouraged, the more reclusive Daphne du Maurier became. Drawing on hitherto unpublished private letters and papers, and with the co-operation of du Maurier's family, Margaret Forster explores the novelist's personal dramas: the stifling relationship with her father, Gerald du Maurier, her troubled marriage to war hero "Boy" Browning, her wartime love affair, and her deep friendship with the actress Gertrude Lawrence. Forster also looks behind the relaxed and charming facade to expose the workings of a complex and emotional character whose passionate and often violent stories possibly mirrored her own fantasy-life more than has been generally recognized. The book won the Macallan/Writers' Guild 1993 Non-fiction Award.
An excellent read. Some biographies can be really dry but this certainly isn't. I've always enjoyed Margaret Forster as a novelist, and also have good memories of Rebecca and other du Maurier books from years ago, so I thought I would enjoy this and I did.
"Rebecca", published in 1938, brought its author instant international acclaim, capturing the popular imagination in a way that few other 20th-century novels have done, with its haunting atmosphere of suspense and mystery. But the more fame this and her other books encouraged, the more reclusive Daphne du Maurier became. Drawing on hitherto unpublished private letters and papers, and with the co-operation of du Maurier's family, Margaret Forster explores the novelist's personal dramas: the stifling relationship with her father, Gerald du Maurier, her troubled marriage to war hero "Boy" Browning, her wartime love affair, and her deep friendship with the actress Gertrude Lawrence. Forster also looks behind the relaxed and charming facade to expose the workings of a complex and emotional character whose passionate and often violent stories possibly mirrored her own fantasy-life more than has been generally recognized. The book won the Macallan/Writers' Guild 1993 Non-fiction Award.
An excellent read. Some biographies can be really dry but this certainly isn't. I've always enjoyed Margaret Forster as a novelist, and also have good memories of Rebecca and other du Maurier books from years ago, so I thought I would enjoy this and I did.
