Daphne du Maurier Reading Week

Daphne du Maurier
Reading Week
May 11-17, 2020
Hosted by heavenali (details)
My picks for the week:

Frenchman's Creek
by Daphne du Maurier
-Classic, Historical, Romance, Pirates | GoodreadsBored and restless in London's Restoration Court, Lady Dona escapes into the British countryside with her restlessness and thirst for adventure as her only guides.

Eventually Dona lands in remote Navron, looking for peace of mind in its solitary woods and hidden creeks. She finds the passion her spirit craves in the love of a daring French pirate who is being hunted by all of Cornwall.

Together, they embark upon a quest rife with danger and glory, one which bestows upon Dona the ultimate choice: sacrifice her lover to certain death or risk her own life to save him.

My two bits:
watch this spot

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The Doll
The Lost Short Stories
by Daphne du Maurier
-Short Stories, Audio | Goodreads| my rating: 5

The lost stories of Daphne du Maurier, collected in one volume for the first time.

Before she wrote Rebecca, the novel that would cement her reputation as a twentieth-century literary giant, a young Daphne du Maurier penned short fiction in which she explored the images, themes, and concerns that informed her later work. Originally published in periodicals during the early 1930s, many of these stories never found their way into print again . . . until now.

Tales of human frailty and obsession, and of romance gone tragically awry, the thirteen stories in The Doll showcase an exciting budding talent before she went on to write one of the most beloved novels of all time. In these pages, a waterlogged notebook washes ashore revealing a dark story of jealousy and obsession, a vicar coaches a young couple divided by class issues, and an older man falls perilously in love with a much younger woman—with each tale demonstrating du Maurier’s extraordinary storytelling gifts and her deep understanding of human nature.

The tales:

East Wind
The Doll
And Now to God the Father
A Difference in Temperament
Frustration
Piccadilly
Tame Cat
Mazie
Nothing Hurts for Long
Week-End
The Happy Valley
And His Letters Grew Colder
The Limpet

My two bits:
Dark stories indeed. Inklings of Rebecca and Frenchman's Creek in a couple of these.

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* Thanks to The Bookworm Chronicles for mentioning this reading week (here)