Great people: Daphne du Maurier.

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, was an English writer. She was born on May 13, 1907, in London, England. Daphne du Maurier had two sisters.

Jamaica Inn (1936), Rebecca (1938), and "The Birds" (1952) were her famous works.

Lady Browning had husband and children.

She died on April 19, 1989, in Par, Cornwall, England.

Famous people and their quotes. Part ninety six.

                                                          Daphne du Maurier.

“Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.”

“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”

“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.” 

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2001717.Daphne_du_Maurier

Literature. Part thirty four.

                                      Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.

A young rich woman was on a vacation in Monte Carlo, Monaco. She met a widower named George Fortescue Maximilian de Winter. He lost his wife Rebecca.

Young woman and Maximilian de Winter got married. In the house where they were living in, everything reminded about Rebecca. People said that Maximilian and Rebecca loved each other. Also, they compared Rebecca and Maxim's new wife. Mrs. de Winter had a depression.

There were several theories about Rebecca's death. Someone said that Maximilian's wife was evil and died from an illness.

At the end Mr. and Mrs. de Winter were still together.

There are many movies about this book. Novel was translated on many different languages.

Source of image:

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