$25.96
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
19 August 2003
Summary
FROM THE BESTSELLING WRITER OF REBECCA
The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier …
She wrote exciting plots … a writer of fearless originality
No other popular writer has so triumphantly defied classification …
When Dick Young’s friend, Professor Magnus Lane offers him an escape from his troubles in the form of a new drug, Dick finds himself transported to fourteenth-century Cornwall. There, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844080427 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844080420 |
| Author: | Daphne du Maurier, Celia Brayfield |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 19 August 2003 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 133mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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The House on the Strand is 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 himself - New York Times
No other popular writer has so triumphantly defied classification … She satisfied all the questionable criteria of popular fiction, and yet satisfied the exacting requirements of “real literature”, something very few novelists ever doShe wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality - GuardianAbout The Author
Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, England. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning with whom she had three children.
Many of du Maurier’s bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now. In 1969, du Maurier was awarded the Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE). She lived most of her life in Cornwall and died there which is the setting for many of her books.
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