The Rendezvous And Other Stories
Daphne Du Maurier author Minette Walters editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:5th May '05
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A haunting collection of stories in the tradition of The Birds and Don't Look Now byone of Britain's most celebrated novelists of our time.Mary Farren went into the gun room one morning about half-past eleven, took her husband's revolver and loaded it, then shot herself. The butler heard the sound of the gun from the pantry...The fourteen haunting stories in this collection span the whole of Daphne du Maurier's writing career and explore every human emotion: an apparently happily married woman commits suicide; a steamer in wartime is rescued by a mysterious sailing-ship; a dull husband breaks loose in a surprising fashion; a con woman plays her game once too often; and a famous novelist looks for romance, only to meet with bitter disappointent. Each meticulously observed tale shows du Maurier's mastery of the genre.
There is an intense and exhilarating fusion of feeling, landscape, climate, character and story. She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality * Guardian *
A magician, a virtuoso. She can conjure up tragedy, horror, tension, suspense, the ridiculous, the vain, the romantic * Good Housekeeping *
One of the last century's most original literary talents * Daily Telegraph *
ISBN: 9781844080717
Dimensions: 199mm x 173mm x 20mm
Weight: 202g
288 pages