I was debating whether to score this book a 3 or a 4 star, and even now I may change my rating.This book had me totally gripped, guessing who was behind this network of criminals, who could be trusted and who couldn't and cheering on Mary's determination, strength and firm belief in what she did ...
Not nearly as good as Rebecca, but okay. I really enjoyed the writing and the setting in this novel but the characters were, eh.
Genuint obehaglig. I read this book when I was a young adult and it sparked my love of historical time travel novels.
"The Birds" provided the basic idea for Hitchcock's film of the same name. The story here focuses exclusively on the struggle of one family against a supernatural avian attack. An interesting read, with an uncertain unwritten ending. Five more short stories in this collection, and I'm looking for...
After enjoying the language and well known story Rebecca, I wanted more from this author. I wasnot disappointed in my selection of The Flight of the Falcon. Set in the town of Ruffano in Italy, this tale of two brothers and their demons from past to present, intertwined with historical figures o...
This is much more in the style of Rebecca than the last du Maurier I read (The House on the Strand). It’s a did-she-or-didn’t-she slow suspense novel set (mostly) in a manor house in Cornwall that never really gives you a definitive answer. du Maurier’s writing is beautiful, as always, and I real...
Daphne Du Maurier's miscellany explores the darkest aspects of the human psyche.Her ability lies in her skill to lend great terror to everyday's evil. So you'll rarely find tales of witchcraft, fantastical events or other supernatural phenomena. Instead, she prefers to show you that you don't nee...
Ilmeisesti todellisuuspohjainen romaani Mary Annesta, joka aloittaa elämänsä Lontoon skeidaisilla syrjäkujilla ja vannoo nousevansa sieltä hinnalla millä hyvänsä.Hinta on kallis, mutta niin on nainen ja vapauskin. Kurtisaanielämän (oih, kuinka olen odottanut voivani kirjoittaa sanan "kurtisaani")...
This was the first du Maurier I ever read. I was 14, and I found it on a hotel bookshelf on a family drive down through France. We were only at the hotel for one night, so I just took it with me because I loved it so much. Some books you can revisit at a later stage of life and they're just as go...
Hungry Hill, Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989)عنوان: تل گرسنه؛ نویسنده: دافنه دوموریه؛ مترجم: عبدالرحمن صدریه؛ مشخصات نشر: تهران، فردوس: شباهنگ، 1368، در 488 ص،؛ چاپ دوم: تهران، میترا، 1377، شابک: 9645998212؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان انگلیسی قرن 20 مجان مسی، از خانواده های پولدار منطقه، فهمیده تپ...
Synopsis: "The castle and the hills around it had seen a doomed love affair before, but the impulsive young woman and the impressionable young lad from Brittany with whom she discovered a love heretofore denied her knew nothing of the past. They knew only the present--a present suddenly alive wit...
Crossposted/tweaked from my blog.Originally published as Not After Midnight, this collections brings together five atmospheric short stories by Daphne du Maurier. They’re a bit of an odd bunch – a mix of the supernatural and the mundane. Some of them embrace the ‘unknown’ with psychics, pagan wor...
Decent read, but frustrating as well, because although the book is titled The Rebecca Notebook and Other Memories, there's actually very little in it concerning her most famous novel except for the early preliminary notes that she jotted down regarding each chapter of Rebecca and a first draft of...
It is with great sorrow that I am putting this book ‘on-hold’ after 160 pages. I detest not finishing a book and therefore can’t bear to drop it completely but I can’t say that I am going to rush to finish it so it felt right to review it now.Some of my favourite stories (novels and shorts) have ...
The book begins 1623 when Honour meets one of the Grenvilles. Gartred Grenville marries Honour's older brother, Kitt, but the rest of Honour's family does not like Gartred. Being only a child, Honour does not understand why. Until Kitt dies, along with his father, from smallpox and Gartred takes ...
Despite loving du Maurier, I had never heard of 'The Parasites' until I discovered it in a local second-hand book store. Despite not really having a clue what this novel was about, it really cemented my belief that sometimes reading a novel by a favourite author can be a really wonderful experien...
Includes the title story plus: The Birds ~ The Little Photographer ~ Monte Verita ~ The Apple Tree ~ The Old Man ~ The Split Second ~ No Motive.
Absolutely loved this book - it traces the life of Julius Levy, born into poverty on the outskirts of Paris in 1860 to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father, from childhood to old age. Julius is part of a family of market stallholders - he, his mother, father and maternal grandfather - barely mak...
I bought this book at a used book store. The only reason I bought it was because I had foolishly walked into a shop with only two dollars in my hand. I did my rounds in the shop, looked at the "used" prices etched in pencil, and realized that the only thing I could afford was a musty, dogeared co...
cross-posted at booklikes and the mo-centric universe. a few months of staring blankly into space means that finishing this book was a major accomplishment for me. normally, it would have been a quick read but for this cursed lack of focus.. anyway, it is a simple little romance, and i do like en...
Have you ever wanted to run away from your life? What would happen if you suddenly had the chance to; would you "grasp the nettle"? Or what if a new life was imposed on you, whether you liked it or not? Such is the premise of Daphne du Maurier's 1957 novel, The Scapegoat.The Scapegoat is reminis...
This is a real gem of a debut novel and as far as du Maurier is concerned, this is probably one of her most underrated works. Those who read this book for the first time in 1931 must have wondered at the skill this new writer had in conjuring up haunting descriptions of the Cornish landscape, of ...
Du Maurier’s novel is difficult to classify. I almost want to identify it as a young adult novel, since many of the novel’s main characters are under the age of twenty. Even the various adults who appear and disappear throughout the novel are childlike in appearance and action. At times, the read...
He supposed there would be another scene. It was so unreasonable the way she minded him going out without her. She never seemed to realise that he just had to get away sometimes – for no particular reason, but because it gave him a sense of freedom. He loved to slam the front door behind him, and...
They had come to Albert Bridge, and paused, as they always did, before deciding whether to cross it to the gardens, or continue along past the houseboats; and Fenton’s wife, following some process of thought unknown to him, said, ‘Remind me to telephone the Alhusons when we get home to ask them f...
'Right behind you,' he added. 'That's why you can't turn round at once—it would be much too obvious.' Laura played the oldest trick in the world and dropped her napkin, then bent to scrabble for it under her feet, sending a shooting glance over her left shoulder as she straightened once again. Sh...