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The Cornish coast had probably never seemed so ominous until Daphne du Maurier set her pen to it. Playing up the isolated, somewhat wild patches of the area she called home, du Maurier created gothic stories tinged by both romance and horror -- most famously with her tale of the ultimate nightmare ex-wife, Rebecca.
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Fact File
| Name:
Daphne du Maurier
Also Known As:
Daphne du Maurier Browning (full name)
Date of Birth:
May 13, 1907
Place of Birth:
London
Date of Death:
April 19, 1989
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Finishing school near Paris, France
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Du Maurier and Hitch
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| | Jamaica Inn
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Daphne du Maurier
Alfred Hitchcock adapted du Maurier's work to the big screen three times, using Rebecca, the short story "The Birds" in 1963 film, and this novel, the story of a young woman's visit to a decrepit Cornish coastal inn, in 1939.
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| | Daphne Du Maurier, Haunted Heiress
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Nina Auerbach
A comprehensive biography, this tome examines not only du Maurier's life, but the social context in which she lived it as well as film adaptations of her work.
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