The Doll, Daphne Du Maurier
The Doll, Daphne Du Maurier
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The Doll
The Lost Short Stories

Author: Daphne Du Maurier

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/22/2011


Synopsis

“Du Maurier is in a class by herself.”
—New York TimesPerhaps best known for her immortal gothic masterwork Rebecca—the basis for the Academy Award-winning motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock—Daphne de Maurier began her illustrious writing career penning short stories. In The Doll, thirteen of du Maurier’s early shorter fictional works have been collected—each story written before the author’s twenty-third birthday and some in print for the first time since the 1930s. Compelling tales of human foibles and tragic romance, the stories in The Doll represent the emergence of a remarkable literary talent who later went on to create Jamaica Inn, The Birds, and other classic works. This breathtaking collection of short fiction belongs on the bookshelf of every Daphne du Maurier fan.

About Daphne Du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989) has been called one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Among her more famous works are The Scapegoat, Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and the short story "The Birds," all of which were subsequently made into films—the latter three directed by Alfred Hitchcock.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Candi

This collection of some of Daphne du Maurier's earliest writing was very absorbing. I am quite glad I have had the opportunity to discover stories she conceived in the beginning stages of her very accomplished career. In these thirteen short stories du Maurier demonstrates her skill at depicting the......more

*Mild spoilers* These are the so-called "lost" stories of Daphne du Maurier - meaning uncollected and unpublished. Most of them, except the last tale, was written in the time period of 1926 - 1932: that is, while the author was in her late teens up to her mid twenties. Reading them, one would never f......more