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| Name: |
Daphne du Maurier | | Variant Name: |
Browning, Lady | | Birth Date: |
May 13, 1907 | | Death Date: |
April 19, 1989 | | Place of Birth: |
London, England | | Place of Death: |
Par, Cornwall, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of Daphne du Maurier
6475 words, approx. 21.6 pages
 When Daphne du Maurier died at age 81 in 1989 at her home in her beloved Cornwall, England, obituary writers around the world sharpened their pencils. A writer in the London Times called her "one of the most popular novelists in the English-speaking worl... summary from source:
 Biography of Daphne du Maurier
4055 words, approx. 13.5 pages
Daphne du Maurier lived in Cornwall for forty years, twenty-five of them in Menabilly, a seventeenth-century house that she described as the most beautiful she had ever seen. Cornwall, a region of mystery and superstition, the home of legendary figures s... summary from source:
 Biography of Daphne du Maurier
1757 words, approx. 5.9 pages
In a writing career that spanned over four decades and brought her international renown, Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) published in a number of different genres. Among her most popular works were those that spun tales of mystery, suspense, and drama, inc...
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 Rebecca Summary
4,222 words, approx. 14 pagesRebecca by Daphne du Maurier Married to a man who had previously been engaged to a beautiful socialite, Daphne du Maurier was acquainted with the feelings of jealousy aroused by a mate's former love. Although her own marriage did not include the darker... summary from source:
 Rebecca Information
1,717 words, approx. 6 pages
 Rebecca is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier. It was published in 1938 and is considered to be one of her best works. It was partially inspired by Jane Eyre.[1][2] Much of the novel was written while she was staying at the Forest Park Hotel in...
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 The Boston Globe Daphne Du Maurier, At 81; Author Of 'rebecca' And Other Gothic Novels
04/20/1989: 482 words, approx. 2 pages LONDON - Daphne du Maurier, author of "Rebecca," died yesterday at her home in Cornwall, the wildly beautiful English province in which she set many of her celebrated novels of romance and the supernatural. She was 81. Her novels like "Rebecca," "Frenchman's Creek,"... summary from source:
The Jewish Week Lots Of Luck: Rebecca Goldstein's new novel weaves variations on a
11/17/1995: 1,207 words, approx. 4 pages Sandee Brawarsky The Jewish Week 11-17-1995 Lots Of Luck: Rebecca Goldstein's new novel weaves variations on a. theme of 'Mazel.' SANDEE BRAWARSKY Jewish Week Book Critic In New York, it's as if every month is Jewish Book Month. This city... summary from source:
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Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by John Raymond
346 words, approx. 1 pages
In the thirties, Miss du Maurier was a kind of poor woman's Charlotte Brontë. Her Rebecca, whatever one's opinions of its ultimate merits, was a tour de force. In its own way and century, it has achieved a position in English Literature comparable to "Monk" Lewis's The Bleeding Nun or Mrs. Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho. To-day Miss du Maurier the novelist is Miss Blurb's favourite Old Girl whose published appearances are heralded with the brouhaha o... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Edward Weeks
277 words, approx. 1 pages
Daphne du Maurier has a talent for mystification. In Rebecca she wrote of a heroine we never saw in the flesh but whose spell was woven through every page. In My Cousin Rachel … she tells the story of an Italian widow who captivates two English bachelors, Ambrose Ashley, the elder, whom she married and subdues in Italy, and Philip, his cousin and heir, whom she comes to live with in Cornwall after Ambrose's mysterious death. (pp. 78-9) Miss du Maurier is a caster of spells, and the first she c... Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 88%"Rebecca: What's in a Name?"
2,285 words, approx. 8 pages
This essay is about the symbolic importance of a woman's name in literature, due to the British class system. Provides literary criticism on "Rebecca" written by Daphne du Maurier. summary from source:
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Essay Grade: 83%The Theme of Jealousy in Rebecca
619 words, approx. 2 pages
Discusses the theme of jealousy in the novel, "Rebecca", by Daphne du Maurier. Studies the destructive power jealousy creates in the novel.
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier | |
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