Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989)

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About the Author

Daphne Du Maurier was born in London on May 13, 1907 and educated in Paris. In 1932, she married Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning. She began writing short stories of mystery and suspense for magazines in 1928, a collection of which appeared as The Apple Tree in 1952. Her first novel, The show more Loving Spirit, was published in 1931. Her tightly woven, highly suspenseful plots and her strong characters make her stories perfect for adaptation to film or television. Among her many novels that were made into successful films are Jamaica Inn (1936), Rebecca (1938), Frenchman's Creek (1941), Hungry Hill (1943), My Cousin Rachel (1952), and The Scapegoat (1957). Her short story, The Birds (1953), was brought to the screen by director Alfred Hitchcock in a treatment that has become a classic horror-suspense film. She died on April 19, 1989 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Daphne du Maurier

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Rebecca (1938) 21,712 copies, 633 reviews

My Cousin Rachel (1951) 4,273 copies, 148 reviews

Jamaica Inn (1936) 3,969 copies, 121 reviews

The House on the Strand (1969) 2,442 copies, 62 reviews

Frenchman's Creek (1941) 2,266 copies, 59 reviews

The Scapegoat (1957) 1,602 copies, 48 reviews

The King's General (1946) 1,178 copies, 31 reviews

Don't Look Now / Not After Midnight / A Border-Line Case / The Way of the Cross / The Breakthrough (1971) 1,151 copies, 29 reviews

The Birds and Other Stories (1952) 1,103 copies, 39 reviews

The Flight of the Falcon (1965) 945 copies, 21 reviews

Mary Anne (1954) 915 copies, 22 reviews

The Glass Blowers (1963) 888 copies, 19 reviews

Hungry Hill (1943) 750 copies, 13 reviews

The Parasites (1949) 736 copies, 19 reviews

Rule Britannia (1972) 705 copies, 22 reviews

Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne du Maurier [NYRB Classics ] (2008) 687 copies, 15 reviews

The Loving Spirit (1931) 503 copies, 9 reviews

The Doll: The Lost Short Stories (2011) 429 copies, 33 reviews

Castle Dor (1961) 400 copies, 6 reviews

The Breaking Point and Other Stories (1959) 389 copies, 8 reviews

I'll Never Be Young Again (1932) 387 copies, 6 reviews

The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë (1960) 370 copies, 7 reviews

The Progress of Julius (1933) 361 copies, 6 reviews

Vanishing Cornwall (1967) 330 copies, 6 reviews

The Rendezvous and Other Stories (1980) 252 copies, 10 reviews

Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories (1976) 223 copies, 9 reviews

The Birds [short story] (1952) 218 copies, 13 reviews

Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer (1977) 214 copies, 5 reviews

Kiss Me Again, Stranger: A Collection of Eight Stories, Long and Short (1953) 209 copies, 3 reviews

Jamaica Inn / Rebecca / Frenchman's Creek / My Cousin Rachel (1978) 201 copies, 2 reviews

Daphne du Maurier's Classics of the Macabre (1987) 164 copies, 3 reviews

Don't Look Now (1971) 143 copies, 3 reviews

The Du Mauriers (1937) 143 copies, 2 reviews

Three Romantic Novels of Cornwall: Rebecca / Frenchman's Creek / Jamaica Inn (1956) 141 copies, 1 review

The Rebecca Notebook and Other Memories (1981) 140 copies

The Breakthrough (Penguin Modern) (1966) 124 copies, 2 reviews

Golden Lads: Sir Francis Bacon, Anthony Bacon, and Their Friends (1975) 118 copies, 2 reviews

Gerald: A Portrait (1934) 117 copies

The Winding Stair: Francis Bacon, His Rise and Fall (1976) 89 copies, 2 reviews

Enchanted Cornwall: Her Pictorial Memoir (1989) 79 copies, 3 reviews

Don't Look Now (Penguin Longman Reader Series) (1992) 76 copies, 14 reviews

The Birds (Penguin Readers: Level 2) (1995) 61 copies, 7 reviews

Three Complete Novels and Five Short Stories (1979) 60 copies

Rebecca [adapted] (1977) 52 copies

Letters from Menabilly: Portrait of a Friendship (1993) 48 copies

Rebecca (Macmillan Readers) (2005) 46 copies, 2 reviews

Come Wind, Come Weather (1940) 37 copies, 1 review

The Apple Tree [short story] (1952) 36 copies

Rebecca: A Play in Three Acts (1940) 31 copies

Happy Christmas [short story] (1940) 28 copies, 3 reviews

The Birds / Don't Look Now (1997) 26 copies, 1 review

The Dream and Other Short Stories (2000) 26 copies, 4 reviews

September Tide: A Play in Three Acts (1948) 22 copies

Jamaica Inn (adapted ∙ Longman Simplified English) (1962) 21 copies

Don't Look Now (Pocket Penguins) (2016) 19 copies, 1 review

Jamaica Inn (adapted ∙ Penguin Readers ∙ Level 5) (1999) 19 copies, 1 review

Don't Look Now [nine story collection] (1900) 19 copies, 1 review

Don't Look Now and Other Stories (2007) 17 copies, 1 review

Modern Classics of Suspense: Rebecca, Death and the Sky Above, The Thin Man, The Circular Staircase, Above Suspicion, A… (1968) 17 copies

Lethal Ladies: The Lady Vanishes / Laura / Rebecca (2004) 17 copies

The Daphne du Maurier Companion: Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, Frenchman's Creek (1977) 16 copies, 1 review

The Little Photographer [short story] (1996) 14 copies

My Cousin Rachel (Macmillan Readers) (2005) 14 copies, 2 reviews

Don't Look Now [novella] (1971) 14 copies, 1 review

Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, Jamaica Inn (1989) 12 copies

Don't Look Now and Other Stories [six stories] (2002) 12 copies

My Cousin Rachel [1952 film] (1952) — Original book — 12 copies

The Years Between (1945) 12 copies, 4 reviews

Jamaica Inn / The Birds and Other Stories (1999) 12 copies, 2 reviews

Don't Look Now (Oberon Modern Plays) (2007) 10 copies, 1 review

Jamaica Inn (adapted ∙ play) (2004) 9 copies

The King's General / The Flight of the Falcon / The House on the Strand (1982) 9 copies

No mires ahora y otros relatos (2018) 8 copies

Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 4: Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel (2012) 8 copies, 1 review

The Blue Lenses [short story] 8 copies

The Great West Country Novels : Frenchmans Creek, The House on the Strand, Jamaica Inn, The Kings General, My Cousin… (1972) 8 copies

The Flight of the Falcon [and] The Scapegoat (1968) 8 copies

Reader's Digest A Treasury of Great Historical Novels Vol 2: The Foxes of Harrow / The King's General / Desirée (1983) 8 copies, 1 review

My Cousin Rachel / Mary Anne / Frenchman's Creek 8 copies

Rebecca: Daphne Du Maurier (Virago Modern Classics) 7 copies

Die besten englischen Schauergeschichten (1981) 6 copies

Early Stories (1955) 6 copies

Not After Midnight [short story] (2023) 6 copies

The Alibi [short story] (1982) 6 copies

Die großen Meistererzählungen (1987) 6 copies

Träum erst, wenn es dunkel wird. Erzählungen. (1991) 6 copies

Dark Towers: Three Romantic Mysteries (1960) 6 copies, 1 review

Don't Look Now: Green Popular Penguins (2013) 5 copies

The Birds and Not After Midnight: Two Stories (2018) 5 copies

The Old Man [short story] 5 copies

The Birds II: Land's End — Writer — 4 copies

Rebecca / Jamaica Inn (1992) 4 copies

Theatre '62: Rebecca [1962 TV episode] — Original book — 4 copies

Los pájaros y otros relatos (1987) 4 copies

Ihr ergebener Diener und andere bisher unveröffentlichte Erzählungen. (1993) 4 copies

Don't Look Now and other stories (2007) — Author — 4 copies

Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen (1998) 4 copies

No Motive [short story] (2006) 4 copies

Solsticio siniestro : cuentos para las noches más largas (2023) 4 copies, 1 review

Not After Midnight and Other Stories (1976) 3 copies

Monte Verità [novella] 3 copies

Hungry Hills 3 copies

Novelas I 3 copies

Rebecca, Part 1 (1971) 3 copies

Escort [short story] (1967) 3 copies

The Way of the Cross (1971) 2 copies

A Border-Line Case [short story] (1982) 2 copies

Rebecca, Part 2 2 copies

Novelas II 2 copies

Makabreski (1990) 2 copies

Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen [Hörspiel] (2007) 2 copies

Jamaica Inn, Part 1 (1976) 2 copies

Rebecca. 3 CDs (2005) 2 copies

Don't Look Now and Other Stories (Simply Stories: Level 1) (1992) 2 copies

Best-in-Books: Dream of Mansions / Castle Dor / Lilies of the Field / Me and the Liberal Arts / Ripley, the Modern… 2 copies

Kiss Me Again, Stranger [short story] 2 copies

Contos (2008) 2 copies

Don't Look Now and Other Echoes from the Macabre (1985) 2 copies

My Cousin Rachel / Rebecca / The Parasites 2 copies

Indiscretion [short story] 2 copies

Split Second [short story] (1981) 2 copies

La Sainte-Vierge [short story] 2 copies

Birds of Prey: Seven Sardonic Stories (2010) 2 copies

Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 3: Jamaica Inn; The Flight of the Falcon; The King's General; The Glass Blowers; The Breaking… (2012) 2 copies

Jamaica Inn by Du Maurier, Daphne(September 1, 2015) Paperback 1 copy

Virago Modern Classics Series Daphne Du Maurier 3 Books Collection Set (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek) (2019) 1 copy

Die Großherzogin (1994) 1 copy

Three Romantic Novels of Cornwall( Rebecca / Frenchman's Creek / Jamaica Inn) 1 copy

Jamaica Inn 1 copy

Les romans de Cornouailles (2015) 1 copy

Lengslenes hav 1 copy

レイチェル (創元推理文庫) (2004) 1 copy

nunca volveré a ser joven 1 copy

Rebeca II (Biblioteca El Mundo 19) 1 copy

Rebeca I (Biblioteca El Mundo 18) 1 copy

Paukščiai: apysakos ir apsakymai 1 copy

Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier (1971-05-03) 1 copy

Mists of Cornwall: Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn 1 copy

Mrtvá a živá (1994) 1 copy

Leading Lady [short story] 1 copy

Talo rannalla 1 copy

Ganymede 1 copy

Rebecca unlined notebook (Virago Modern Classics) (2015) 1 copy

Rebecca, texte original de l’émission d’Orson Welles 1 copy, 1 review

Mary Anne / The Breaking Point / The Glass Blowers / The House on the Strand 1 copy

L'Ombre des secrets : Romans et nouvelles (2010) 1 copy

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 074 1 copy

Capolavori del brivido e del mistero — Contributor — 1 copy

The Pool [short story] 1 copy

Het Alibi 1 copy

De generaal des konings 1 copy

Grandes Clássicos do Suspense: Rebeca, e Acima de Suspeita 1 copy

Träum erst, wenn es dunkel wird. Erzählungen 1 copy

Kaksoisolento 1 copy

Die Vögel + Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen 1 copy

Non Dopo Mezzanotte 1 copy

"Don't Look Now" (in Treasury of Modern Mys I) 1 copy

Daphne du Maurier: The BBC Radio Collection: Including Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman’s Creek & more (2024) 1 copy

Rebecca (Mass Market Paperback) (2008) ISBN: 4102002030 [Japanese Import] 1 copy

The Daphne du Maurier tandem; comprising 'Mary Anne' and 'My cousin Rachel' 1 copy

Η ταβέρνα της Τζαμάικα 1 copy

Kiss Me Again, Stanger 1 copy

Panic [short story] 1 copy

Generał i panna 1 copy

Niespokojny duch 1 copy

The Admiralty Regrets … [short story] 1 copy

Daphne Du Maurier Companion 1 copy

The Supreme Artist [short story] 1 copy

Frenchman's Creek / Jamaica Inn / The Loving Spirit / Hungry Hill / Rebecca (1942) 1 copy

Le Pommier (1953) 1 copy

Mrs. Hill and the Soldiers [short story] 1 copy

Rebecca / Echoes from the Macabre 1 copy

In a London Air-Raid Shelter [short story] 1 copy

Monte Verità e altri racconti (1990) 1 copy

The Treasury of Du Maurier Short Stories 1 copy

Panik : fünf Erzählungen 1 copy

My Cousin Rachel (abridged) (2016) 1 copy

Rebecca [Longmans' Simplified English] 1 copy

Rebecca [Nineties series; English, with commentary in Chinese] (2000) 1 copy

Jamaica Inn (abridged) 1 copy

Progress of Julius #, Hungry Hill #, Bears Whelp #, Jamaica Inn #, Loving Spirit #, My Cousin Rachel # 1 copy

The West Country 1 copy

The Doll [short story] (2011) 1 copy

Adieu Sagesse [short story] 1 copy

Fairy Tale [short story] 1 copy

Angels and Archangels [short story] 1 copy

The Closing Door [short story] 1 copy

London, 1940? [short story] 1 copy

[no title] 1 copy

Rebecca / The King's General / Don't Look Now 1 copy

Over the Ration Books [short story] 1 copy

Das Geleitschiff (1983) 1 copy

Spring Picture 1 copy

The Blue Lenses / Eveline's Visitant — Author — 1 copy

The Lover [short story] 1 copy

George and Jimmy [short story] 1 copy

Jamaica Inn, Part 2 (1978) 1 copy

Rebecca / My Cousin Rachel / Hungry Hill / The King's General (1958) 1 copy

Rebecca Mug (Virago Modern Classics) (2015) 1 copy

Don't Look Now / The Apple Tree (2006) 1 copy

Įtemptas laukimas: [apsakymai] (2006) 1 copy

A Nation's Strength [short story] 1 copy

A Miner's Tale [short story] 1 copy

Physician, Heal Thyself [short story] 1 copy

Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 2: The House on the Strand; Julius; The Loving Spirit; The Doll: Short Stories 1 copy

Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 1: Frenchman's Creek; The Birds and Other Stories; Hungry Hill 1 copy

Spitfire Megan [short story] 1 copy

Split Second and Other Stories (1981) 1 copy

Daphne du Maurier 1 copy

Novelas I & II (1977) 1 copy

The Birds (Dramatised) Full Cast 1 copy

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Associated Works

Northanger Abbey (1817) — Introduction, some editions — 22,602 copies, 425 reviews

Mrs. de Winter (1993) — some editions — 885 copies, 18 reviews

The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011) — Contributor — 865 copies, 21 reviews

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Contributor — 515 copies, 8 reviews

The Birds [1963 film] (1963) — Original story — 359 copies, 9 reviews

The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories (1945) — Contributor — 314 copies, 3 reviews

Rebecca [1940 film] (1940) — Original novel — 292 copies, 6 reviews

A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volumes 1-2 (1957) — Contributor — 275 copies, 3 reviews

Peter Ibbetson (1891) — Introduction — 201 copies, 4 reviews

A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volume 2 (1957) — Contributor — 195 copies, 2 reviews

In Another Part of the Forest: An Anthology of Gay Short Fiction (1994) — Contributor — 183 copies, 2 reviews

Stories to Remember {complete} (1956) — Contributor — 178 copies, 1 review

The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995) — Contributor — 170 copies, 3 reviews

Don't Look Now [1973 film] (1973) — Story — 164 copies

The Ruins of the Earth (1973) — Contributor, some editions — 163 copies, 2 reviews

Stories to Remember, Volume I (1956) — Contributor — 156 copies, 3 reviews

Six Gothic Tales [Readers Digest Condensed Books] (1981) — Contributor — 153 copies, 3 reviews

The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Contributor — 143 copies, 4 reviews

Animal Farm and Related Readings (1900) — Contributor — 128 copies, 1 review

Mistresses of the Dark [Anthology] (1998) — Contributor; Contributor — 126 copies, 4 reviews

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favorites in Suspense (1959) — Contributor — 120 copies

Ten Great Mysteries (1959) — Contributor — 108 copies, 2 reviews

Foundations of Fear (1992) — Contributor — 101 copies, 2 reviews

The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century, Volume 2 (1991) — Contributor — 99 copies, 3 reviews

Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror (1982) — Contributor — 87 copies

The Treasury of English Short Stories (1985) — Contributor — 87 copies

Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories (1986) — Contributor — 85 copies, 1 review

14 of My Favorites in Suspense (1959) — Contributor — 81 copies, 2 reviews

No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film (1960) — Contributor — 77 copies, 3 reviews

The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998) — Contributor — 77 copies

Stories of Suspense (1969) — Contributor — 71 copies, 3 reviews

Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights (2021) — Contributor — 65 copies, 3 reviews

A Treasury of Modern Mysteries, Volume 1 (1973) — Contributor — 64 copies, 2 reviews

Love Stories (1983) — Contributor — 63 copies

65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979) — Contributor — 62 copies, 4 reviews

Gertrude Lawrence as Mrs. A.: An Intimate Biography of the Great Star (1968) — Foreword — 60 copies

Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels (1987) — Contributor — 59 copies, 1 review

Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Contributor — 55 copies

Rebecca [Penguin Readers] (1991) — Story — 44 copies, 1 review

Shadows of Fear (1994) — Contributor — 43 copies

My Cousin Rachel [2017 film] (2017) — Original book — 42 copies, 1 review

The Others (1969) — Contributor — 41 copies

Classics of the Supernatural (1995) — Contributor — 41 copies

Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes (2021) — Contributor — 39 copies, 1 review

The Queen's Book of the Red Cross (1939) — Contributor — 37 copies, 1 review

Mortal Echoes: Encounters With the End (2018) — Contributor — 36 copies, 1 review

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1957 v02 (1957) 35 copies, 1 review

Best Horror Stories (1990) — Contributor — 35 copies, 2 reviews

Venice Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series) (2018) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review

Mothers and Daughters: An Anthology (1998) — Contributor — 33 copies, 1 review

Strange Beasts and Unnatural Monsters (1968) — Contributor — 30 copies, 1 review

A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers (2023) — Contributor — 28 copies

Cornish Tales of Terror (1970) — Contributor — 27 copies

The Best Horror Stories (1977) — Contributor; Contributor — 25 copies

Ladies of Horror: Two Centuries of Supernatural Stories by the Gentle Sex (1971) — Contributor — 25 copies

Rebecca [1997 TV mini series] (1997) — Original book — 23 copies

Cornish Short Stories (1976) — Contributor — 21 copies

Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017) — Contributor — 21 copies

Haunted Cornwall (1973) — Contributor — 20 copies

The Magic of Cornwall (1999) — Contributor — 18 copies

The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories (1947) — Contributor — 17 copies

The Young George du Maurier: A Selection of His Letters, 1860-67 (1969) — Editor — 16 copies

The Ghost's Companion (1975) — Contributor — 16 copies

My Cousin Rachel (Heinemann Guided Readers) (1992) 15 copies

Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1974) — Contributor — 14 copies, 1 review

The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 2: From Salome to Edgar Allan Poe to The Silence of the Lambs (2021) — Contributor — 13 copies, 1 review

The Gourmet Crook Book (1976) — Contributor — 13 copies

Women Writing: An Anthology (1979) — Contributor — 12 copies

Adventures in Two Worlds / The Bridges at Toko-ri / Kiss Me Again, Stranger / Rivets / The Silent World / Story of… (1953) — Contributor — 11 copies

Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories (1978) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review

Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al (1996) — Contributor — 11 copies

Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women (1984) — Contributor — 11 copies

Murmurations: An Anthology of Uncanny Stories About Birds (2011) — Contributor — 11 copies

Deadly Dolls: Midnight Tales of Uncanny Playthings: 50 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Contributor — 11 copies

My Cousin Rachel [play] (1980) 10 copies

Jamaica Inn [2014 TV miniseries] (2014) — Original book — 9 copies

The Twelfth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1976) — Contributor — 8 copies

Gespenster (1956) — Contributor — 8 copies

Letters from a Cornish Garden (1972) — Foreword, some editions — 7 copies

Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense 1974 Volume 1 (1974) 7 copies

Das Frühlingslesebuch (1987) — Contributor — 7 copies

Reader's Digest Book Club Anthology, Volumes 1 & 2 (1956) 6 copies, 1 review

The Scapegoat [2012 film] (2012) — Author — 6 copies

When Churchyards Yawn (1963) — Contributor — 6 copies

Nieuwe verhalen die Hitchcock koos — Contributor — 6 copies

The Years Between: Plays by Women on the London Stage 1900-1950 (1994) — Contributor — 6 copies

The West Country Book (1981) — Contributor — 6 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1952 v03 (1953) — Contributor — 4 copies

Huivering wekken : 26 onthutsende verhalen (1982) — Contributor — 4 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books (The Lady / The Scapegoat / My Early Life / Onions in the Stew / Boon Island) — Contributor — 4 copies

The Golden Age of Film: Four Great Novels That Captivated Hollywood (2007) — Contributor — 4 copies

Best Stories of Phyllis Bottome (1963) — Preface — 4 copies

The Scapegoat [1959 film] (1959) — Author — 3 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Way West • My Cousin Rachel • The Cry and the Covenant (1956) — Author — 3 copies

Alfred Hitchcock - The Masterpiece Collection — Author — 3 copies

Nelson Doubleday, 1889-1949 (1950) — Contributor — 3 copies

Rebecca [2020 Film] (2020) — Author — 3 copies

Let Us Be Men (1969) — Contributor — 3 copies

1st Edition Reader's Digest Condensed Books Volume IV 1955 - My Cousin Rachel, The Silent World, The Night of the… (1900) 3 copies

Mia cugina Rachele - Il cavallo di legno - Vita meravigliosa delle foche - Il fiore nascosto — Contributor — 2 copies

Im Kerzenschein. Geschichten zum Träumen — Contributor — 2 copies

The Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales of Horror (1964) — Contributor — 2 copies

Best-in-Books: Summer of Pride / Angel of Death / Infernal World of Branwell Brontë / Out of the Air (1961) — Contributor — 2 copies

Personal Choice (1977) — Contributor — 2 copies

Stories of Horror and Suspense: An Anthology (1977) — Contributor — 2 copies

Writer's Roundtable (1959) 2 copies

Hungry Hill [1947 film] (1947) — Original book — 2 copies

Best-in-Books: The Royal Box / Our National Parks / Jamaica Inn / That Reminds Me / The White and the Gold / Rube… (1955) — Author — 2 copies, 1 review

Biblioteca de Selecciones 1959: Con la cruz ajena / Las tres caras de Eva / El último rebelde 1 copy

Reader's Digest Condensed Books Anthology, 1956 Vol. 1: The Way West • My Cousin Rachel • The Cry and the Covenant (1956) — Contributor — 1 copy

Linnud. Valimik põnevusjutte — Contributor — 1 copy

Meyn Mamvro: Ancient Stones and Sacred Sites of West Penwith - No 10, Autumn/Winter 1989 — Contributor — 1 copy

Het Beste Boek 44: Het nieuwe jaar / De wortels van het kwaad / Scotts laatste expeditie / De zondebok / Broeders van… (1969) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review

Best Crime Stories 3 (1968) — Contributor — 1 copy

Great tales of adventure: A selection of condensed novels and full-length short stories (1982) — Contributor — 1 copy

Stories of the Macabre (1976) — Contributor — 1 copy

Belegerde stad; Rachel; Met muziek naar Moskou; Dreiging van het verleden 1 copy, 1 review

Modern Mystery and Adventure Novels: Portrait of Jennie; Jamaica Inn; The Thirty-Nine Steps; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2015) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: du Maurier, Daphne
Other names: Browning, Dame Daphne du Maurier
Birthdate: 1907-05-13
Date of death: 1989-04-19
Burial location: Cremated
Gender: female
Nationality: UK
Country (for map): England, UK
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Place of death: Kilmarth, Cornwall, England, UK
Cause of death: heart failure
Places of residence: Kilmarth, Cornwall, England, UK
Occupations: novelist
playwright
biographer
Relationships: du Maurier, George (grandfather)
du Maurier, Angela (sister)
Leng, Flavia (daughter)
Browning, Christian (son)
Walmsley, Leo (friend)
Vyvyan, C. C. (friend) (show all 7)
du Maurier, Gerald (father)
Organizations: Mebyon Kernow
Awards and honors: Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander, 1969)
MWA Grand Master
Agent: Edith Haggard

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Discussions

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Reviews

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

REBECCA is just so darn good. The presence of her husband’s deceased first wife haunts the young narrator. We never learn the narrator’s name, because it didn’t matter! It was all about Rebecca. The perfect blend of mystery and suspense, and a cast of memorable characters. Daphne du Maurier was an amazing storyteller.

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bookofsecrets | 632 other reviews | Jan 6, 2025 |

Generaal des konings by Daphne du Maurier

Honor Harris blijft invalide na een val van haar paard tijdens de valkenjacht. Ze verbreekt daarna haar verloving met Richard Grenvile. Als Engeland in de zeventiende eeuw door talloze burgeroorlogen geteisterd wordt, dringt Honors familie erop aan dat zij intrekt bij haar zuster Mary op diens landgoed Menabilly. Daar ontmoet ze Richard weer, die inmiddels generaal van de Engelse Koning in het westen is geworden. De arrogante houding van Richard leidt tot een minder gelukkige afloop van een aantal veldslagen onder zijn leiding. Steun vindt hij dan nog bij Honor, de vrouw die hem altijd trouw is gebleven.… (more)

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Vrouwenbibliotheek | 30 other reviews | Dec 30, 2024 |

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Een verhaal uit 1938 over Maxim de Winter, de eigenaar van het grote Engelse landgoed Manderley. Een jaar na de dood van zijn vrouw, Rebecca, hertrouwt hij met een eenvoudig Amerikaans meisje. Zij kan zich echter slecht aanpassen en voelt zich op Manderley klein en verloren. Ze wordt door het personeel en de omwonenden voortdurend vergeleken met de vroegere meesteres, die zoveel handiger, intelligenter en mooier was. Hierdoor dreigt ze een minderwaardigheidscomplex te krijgen.

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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Read it over 10 years ago and loved it.

Read it now and not so much.
It’s an easy gothic read but my god, the “new wife” is an idiot. Why you would stay with such a condescending mean man after finding THAT out is beyond me. It’s honestly baffling. Besides the awful romance there’s not a whole lot going for it plot-wise. I should have just let this stay a good book in my memories.

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