Daphne du Maurier (Magill’s Choice: Notable British Novelists)

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In addition to her many novels, Daphne du Maurier wrote and edited biographies, collections of letters, travel books, plays, and short stories. Her biographical works include Gerald: A Portrait (1934), the life story of her actor father; The du Mauriers (1937), the inside story of her famous family of actors, dramatists, and novelists; and Young George du Maurier: A Selection of His Letters, 1860-67 (1951), a selection of her caricaturist-novelist grandfather’s letters. She earned a place among playwrights with The Years...

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