Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier : 25 results priced between £2.00 and £50.00

Working as a lady's companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers ...Not since Jane Eyre has...

Details With her son, Christian Browning, Daphne du Maurier, who lived in Cornwall for most of her life and used her knowledge of the county in her novels "Rebecca", "Frenchman's Creek" and "Jamaica Inn", chronicles all aspects of this part of England, fusing history, anecdote and travelogue in a plea for Cornwall's preservation.

Book Title: Vanishing Cornwall. Author: Daphne Du Maurier. ISBN: 0575002832. Publisher: Victor Gollancz. Year Published: 1969. Status: Sold - We are currently out of stock for this title.

Quick Overview Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch was born in Cornwall in 1863, and the county, its history, and its people were to have a marked influence on his life and writing. His final, unfinished novel, "Castle Dor", was completed after his death by another writer with strong Cornish connections, Daphne du Maurier.

Book Title: The Loving Spirit. Author: Daphne du Maurier. ISBN: MW0037129867. Publisher: Doubleday, Doran. Year Published: 1931. Our Price: £99.00 GBP ($150.48 USD). Description: Doubleday, Doran and Co., New York 1931: first American edition: green cloth hardcover with black lettering to spine and front: approximately 5.5 x 8.25 inches tall: 365 pages. Synopsis: The first novel written by Daphne du Maurier, October 1929 -- to January 1930. This first American edition published in 1931. Condition...

Details As a young guide for Sunshine Tours, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if humdrum life -- until he becomes circumstantially involved in the murder of an old peasant woman in Rome. The woman, he gradually comes to realise, was his family's beloved servant many years ago, in his native town of Ruffano. He returns to his birthplace, and once there, finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother, Aldo, shot down in flames in '43. Over five hundred years before, the sinister Duke Claudio, known...

Rebecca: Play: a Play Adapted from Daphne Du Maurier's Play (Acting Edition) by Clifford Williams (Author), Dame Daphne Du Maurier (Author) Format: Paperback (67 pages) Edition: Revised edition ISBN 10: 0573113653 ISBN 13: 9780573113659 Publisher: Samuel French Ltd Published: Jan 1995 2 in stock Item Condition: Brand New Price: £10.96 Quantity: 1 2 Add to wishlist Or buy from Amazon.co.uk

Daphne du Maurier Companion;REBECCA, MY COUSIN RACHEL, FRENCHMAN'S CREEK

About this book collection A brilliant collection featuring five haunting, classic must-reads from Daphne Du Maurier. The set includes Rebecca, one of the most famous novels of the 20th century. All the books deftly and evocatively examine women, their feelings, identity and place in society in a way that had never been expressed before. You'll also find De Maurier in a very different guise, in the macabre short story collection that includes The Birds, adapted into the phenomenally successful Alfred...

Details Pursued by the twin demons of drink and madness, Branwell Bronte created a private world that was indeed infernal. As a bold and gifted child, his promise seemed boundless to the three adoring sisters over whom his rule was complete. But as an adult, the precocious flame of genius distorted and burned low. With neither the strength nor the resources to counter rejection, unable to sell his paintings or publish his books, Branwell became a spectre in the Bronte story, in pathetic contrast...

Details 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.

“Rebecca”, published in 1938, brought its author instant international acclaim, capturing the popular imagination 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. Margaret Forster’s award-winning biography could hardly be more worthy of its subject. Drawing on private letters and papers, and with the unflinching co-operation of Daphne du Maurier’s family, Margaret Forster explores the secret...

Celebrated novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters, eclipsed by her fame, are revealed in all their surprising complexity in this riveting new biography. The middle sister in a famous artistic dynasty, Daphne du Maurier is one of the master storytellers of our time, author of 'Rebecca', 'Jamaica Inn' and 'My Cousin Rachel', and short stories, 'Don't Look Now' and the terrifying 'The Birds' among many. Her stories were made memorable by the iconic films they inspired, three of them classic Hitchcock...

Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) is the author of Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek, Don't Look Now and The Birds among many others which continue to thrill and fascinate readers worldwide. The daughter of Sir Gerald du Maurier, the leading actor manager of his day, she grew up in a wildly imaginative 'Peter Pan' world peopled by London's leading writers and actors, before arriving in Cornwall at the age of 19. The place and its people inspired her to write her first novel The Loving Spirit, a work...

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"Strand is a dream come true, a dream of journeys to distant shores, dialogues with different cultures, voices of great souls and the constant bustle of civilizations in transition, an answer to a curious mind! Stand is friendly to the reader, wide in its reach, eclectic in its scope and light on the purse: the scholar, the pauper, the poet, the student and the pretender, all find sustenance. Strand stands for the...

Daphne du Maurier is one of Britain's best-loved authors, her writing capturing the imagination in a way that few have been able to equal. Rebecca, her most famous novel, was a huge success on first publication and brought du Maurier international fame. This enduring classic remains one of the nation's favourite books. In this celebration of Daphne du Maurier's life and achievements, today's leading writers, critics and academics discuss the novels, short stories and biographies that made her one...

Piers Dudgeon is the author of many works of non-fiction. He worked for ten years as an editor in London before starting his own company producing books with authors as diverse as John Fowles, Catherine Cookson, Peter Ackroyd, Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Conran and Ted Hughes. Subsequently, he left London for Yorkshire where he wrote a number of biographies as well as illustrated books evocative of the spirit of place.

John and Laura are on holiday in Venice. Venice is beautiful but it is dangerous, dangerous for them. Who are the two old sisters and why do they keep following them? Who is the killer? An engrossing and sinister novel by a wonderful storyteller that is impossible to put down. Also made into a classic film.

Book Title: Jamaica Inn. Author: Maurier, Daphne Du. ISBN: 0140017178. Publisher: Penguin. Year Published: July 1973. Our Price: £3.47 GBP ($5.41 USD). Description: Synopsis: A tale of smuggling and murder in a remote moorland inn.Comments:small tear to end paper and title page; good overall condition - . Format: Paperback. Pages: 272. Condition: Used- Very Good. Dustcover: No. Binding: Paperback. Type: Used Books.

Book Title: The Private World of Daphne Du Maurier. Author: Martyn Shallcross. ISBN: 0312070721. Publisher: Robson. Year Published: 1991. Our Price: £14.44 GBP ($22.38 USD). Description: Robson Books 1991: first edition hard cover in dust jacket: 183 pages : b/w photographic illustrations. Synopsis: A biographical portrait of the author written by Martyn Shallcross, a close friend for more than twenty years. The biography includes details and photographic illustrations of films made from Daphne...

Book Title: Scapegoat, The. Author: Maurier, Daphne Du. ISBN: 140017232. Publisher: Penguin. Year Published: May 28, 1970. Our Price: £5.50 GBP ($8.47 USD). Description: Comments: Some wear to cover corners otherwise clean and good. Format: Paperback. Pages: 320. Condition: Used- Very Good. Dustcover: See Above. Binding: See Above. Type: Used Books.