Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer 1st edition by Du Maurier, Daphne (1977) Hardcover - Hardcover

Daphne Du Maurier

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385130163 ISBN 13: 9780385130165

Publisher: Doubleday, 1977

Synopsis

. with torn dustjacket, 1977, clean copy

About this title

From the Publisher:

Dame Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) wrote more than twenty-five acclaimed novels, short stories, and plays, including Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, and The House on the Strand. She was also a passionate and skillful chronicler of her own remarkable family, which included artists, actors, speculators, writers, military men and courtesans. This is one of three of her finest biographical works to be reissued in the distinguished Virago Modern Classics series.

About the Author:

Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning, with whom she had three children.
Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969 du Maurier was awarded a DBE. She lived most of her life in Cornwall, the setting for many of her books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0385130163
• ISBN 13: 9780385130165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204