The Rendezvous And Other Stories

Author: Dapne Du Maurier

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  • : $22.99 AUD
  • : 9781844080717
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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  • : 0.23
  • : 30 April 2005
  • : 198mm X 126mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : Dapne Du Maurier
  • : Virago Modern Classics Ser.
  • : Paperback
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  • : English
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Barcode 9781844080717
9781844080717

Description

The stories in this collection, some written before du Maurier published her first novel, reflect many human emotions: romance, disenchantment, fantasy, nostalgia, ambition, irony, the longing for adventure. Each of them is based on something observed, something overheard, and all will provide pleasure for every mood.

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Author description

Daphne du Maurier was born in 1906 and educated at home and in Paris. She began writing in 1928, and many of her bestselling novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived for most of her life. She was made a DBE in 1969 and died in 1989.