My Cousin Rachel - Couverture rigide

Du Maurier, Daphne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1844087638 ISBN 13 : 9781844087631

Editeur : Virago, 2011

Synopsis

My Cousin Rachel * a penetrating psychological study with all the haunting power of Rebecca Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality (Guardian)

No other popular writer has so triumphantly defied classification . . . She satisfied all the questionable criteria of popular fiction, and yet satisfied the exacting requirements of "real literature", something very few novelists ever do (Margaret Forster)

From the first page . . . the reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca (New York Times Book Review)

Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile. And in My Cousin Rachel she does both, with Rebecca looking fondly over her shoulder (New York Times)

In the same category as REBECCA, but an even more consummate piece of storytelling (GUARDIAN 'From the first page . . . the reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca’)

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Biographie de l'auteur :

Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning, with whom she had three children.
Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969 du Maurier was awarded a DBE. She lived most of her life in Cornwall, the setting for many of her books.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Virago
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1844087638
• ISBN 13: 9781844087631
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352