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TheRendezvous and Other Stories by Du Maurier, Daphne ( Author ) ON May-05-2005, Paperback Paperback

Middle English Edition by Daphne du Maurier (Author)
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0092G4FKE
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Middle English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1844080714
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1844080717
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
  • Customer Reviews:
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Daphne Du Maurier

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Daphne du Maurier was born in 1906 and educated at home and in Paris. She began writing in 1928, and many of her bestselling novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived for most of her life. She was made a DBE in 1969 and died in 1989.

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Mermaid Magic
5.0 out of 5 stars Gems in the Hollow of My Hand!
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2017
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Fall in love with Daphne Du Maurier through her wonderful short stories! The author of the beloved novel (and movie) Rebecca has countless suspenseful short tales that thrill and cause readers to ponder "what-if" about the world around us. Some of them seem as if she had a crystal ball into our world in 2017. Great beach read as well. All of her short stories are gems in the hollow of my hand!
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Shirley Tanner
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017
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Good book
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Linda Mulpagano
5.0 out of 5 stars Daphne DuMaurier
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2016
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Unique and intriguing point of view. It is hard to put her stories down. Love th short stories
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ALAKNANDA
3.0 out of 5 stars is and will always be my favourite. This one too was nice
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2015
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Daphne Du Maurier was, is and will always be my favourite. This one too was nice. But not really amongst the best of her.
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Joy Cagil
5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite Stories, Mostly
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2018
I picked this book because it is by Daphne Du Maurier, the author of Rebecca, Frenchman’s Creek, and other novels and short stories that mesmerized me in the past. This collection, published in 1980, is one of the last if not the last.

Not all the stories live up to the highest expectations from this author but most of them do with several surprising twists and excellent storytelling and then others with the dark, foreboding du Maurier tone. As in Rebecca, Du Maurier uses Gothic themes and imagery with spectacular effects. For example, in Split Second, a middle-aged woman goes out for a walk and returns after facing death to an altered world.

Among the stories, Split Second, The Rendezvous, and No Motive are the longest. Panic, a story about a casual love affair, is probably the shortest. What binds most stories together is the mysterious undercurrent flowing through each one of them. In a few of the stories, the endings are left open, which in conjunction with their themes, work very well in creating a special effect.

The Rendezvous, the title story which I liked a lot, is about a successful author who becomes disappointed when he wants to experience life instead of imagining it.

My favorite story in the book, however, is Adieu Sagesse, which is about the friendship of two men from two different social classes. An old dilapidated boat binds them together and through the fixing of this boat, they become closer and are able to escape from their boring lives and social constructs, using that very boat even though this may not be the wisest decision for them.

Then, Escort is a clever ghost-ship story in World War II while Angels and Archangels address religion and duplicity. The Closing Door is about a young man facing a terrible diagnosis and Leading Lady has the setting of a theater’s backstage.

All in all, these stories stage a disturbing atmosphere or a character, a carefully described setting, a sense of the strange and eerie, and a hint at the idea that some events are off the rational world’s boundaries. The smooth prose, the exquisite storytelling and the selections of events in the stories reflect the seriousness of this author’s work.
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marge wisniewski
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2014
Fantastic love it!
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Keawe Vredenburg
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2015
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All her books are good.
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Amelia
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2022
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A decent selection of short stories I am a Daphne de Maurier fan
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Susmita G.
5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid
Reviewed in India on June 22, 2019
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After reading Rebecca I became a fan of Daphne Du Maurier , so this probably is a biased review. I am giving this rating just for only one story "No Motive."
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Apemantus
5.0 out of 5 stars worth buying for one story alone
Reviewed in Italy on May 17, 2017
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I've read other story collections from Daphne du Maurier, most of which have the characteristic dark twists and pervading unquiet atmosphere, but the story included in this volume, 'The Closed Door' is one of the best of anyone I've ever read - perfect encapsulation of man's inhumanity to man. Recommended for those who realise the true nature of man - solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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Adriana Williamson
5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the best compilations of short stories I've ever read
Reviewed in Australia on May 21, 2017
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This is one of the best compilations of short stories I've ever read. Daphne is simply outstanding in her descriptions of people's vulnerabilities and fears.
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Ritoja Chakraborty
4.0 out of 5 stars Looks old, not a brand new book
Reviewed in India on April 4, 2021
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The book is amazing. But the quality of the book wasn't great, it looked quite old and felt like a second hand book.
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