Enchanted Cornwall: Her Pictorial Memoir - Hardcover

Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame; Dudgeon, Piers; Wright, Nick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718133269 ISBN 13: 9780718133269

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1990

Synopsis

The English novelist recounts how her life and works have been affected by her long association with Cornwall and her acquaintance with its history

About this title

About the Author:

Daphne du Maurier was born in 1907 and died in 1989. Her many successful novels include Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel and Rebecca, famously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940.

From Library Journal:

More than just a memoir, this is a history of du Maurier's love affair with Cornwall. In this last work, completed just before her death in April 1989, she interrupts a sketchy outline of her life with passages from such works a Frenchman's Creek, Jamaica Inn, and Rebecca to show the influence of the rugged mythical landscape on her imagination and storytelling. In addition, appropriate pictures of the countryside, harbors, and buildings are included to further convey the mystical quality of the area. The effect is less than successful, however. The text shifts abruptly from exposition to the excerpted passages, leaving the reader confused. While it is interesting to know the source of du Maurier's inspiration, the book leans too heavily on these selections.
-Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0718133269
• ISBN 13: 9780718133269
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192