Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, DBE (/ d uː ˈ m ɒr i eɪ /; 13 May 1907 - 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright.Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont.Her grandfather was George du Maurier, a writer and cartoonist.. Although du Maurier is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described. 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. Daphne du Maurier is one of the most overlooked writers of the twentieth century, says Oxford University's Laura Varnam.As Rebecca celebrates its eightieth anniversary and du Maurier enjoys a critical renaissance, Varnam explores the books which highlight this novelist's sheer range and brilliance—from biography and fiction to history and horror. 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. 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.
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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. 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. 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. 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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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. 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.
In Daphne du Maurier: A Daughter's Memoir, Leng recalls their meeting: Her mother "was struck at once by the dark-haired vision before her." Ellen was du Maurier's usual type: dark hair. 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 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"). 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.
