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Hello all,

I have been absent for far too long thanks to my Masters last year. One year to go! But I shall try and get this back up and running. I managed to miss promoting the recent touring production of Rebecca by Knee High Theatre, but I was lucky enough to be front row of opening night and it blew my mind quite spectacularly! It’s still on in a few places, so catch it if you can, and cross everything for a West End transfer!

#daphne du maurier #rebecca #mrs de winter #mrs danvers #maxim de winter #theatre #knee high

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Today, actress Emilia Fox travels to Fowey in Cornwall where her best-loved book, Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, is set.

Here she explains why she loves reading Rebecca.

http://www.itv.com/thismorning/hot-topics/emilia-fox-best-loved-book-rebecca-daphne-du-maurier

Emilia Fox on Daphne du Maurier

Emilia Fox is talking about Daphne du Maurier in Fowey, featured on This Morning today at 11:30.

#daphne+du+maurier #Emilia Fox #This Morning #Fowey

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I took the two letters and threw them in the fire. “That’s no use either,” she said, “when we both of us remember what he said.” “I can forget,” I said, “if you will too. There’s something clean about a fire. Nothing remains. Ashes don’t count.”

Daphne du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel (via frammento)

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Rebecca’s release date is pushed back yet another season (now fall of 2015 is projected), but thanks to the suit, they have $68,000 more toward their goal!

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These are previous editions of ‘The Birds and Other Stories’. It was actually first published in 1952 as ‘The Apple Tree’ then was reprinted later in 1963 as ‘The Birds and Other Stories’ and the publisher was the Penguin Books.

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Looking through past editions of Daphne Du Maurier books, I found more Rebecca editions published than any other, and I found it interesting to look at the huge variety of covers over the years, going through different publishers such as the Penguin books, Orion Publishing, The Folio Society and Virago Publishing.

The top two covers show from the oldest to the newest of designs and it is intriguing to compare that the early ones would have the littlest of budget therefore solely used text, and differentiating it by changing sizes, colour and font depending on the importance of the text. Then looking at the modern day published edition, it has the contemporary style of the repeating pattern to appeal to modern audiences and help to revive the old classic.

My favourite cover would be the penguin books edition as it has its famous orange colour that everyone recognises as penguin along with a simple two tone line art that seems to stand out to me much more than the others.

Du Maurier's childhood home for sale

Daphne du Maurier's childhood home - Cannon Hall in Hampstead, London - is up for sale at a staggering £32 million.

While owning such a gem is something most of us can only dream of, the Telegraph gives us a rare insight here into the beautiful home that has housed actors, judges, and of course, future authors.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/11120861/Daphne-du-Mauriers-childhood-home-in-Hampstead-for-sale.html

#Daphne du Maurier #Cannon Hall #Hampstead #London #Gerald du Maurier #sale #property #house #stately home

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this is actually a thing im writing right now

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A uniquely beautiful tattoo design by a fan; a wonderful tribute.

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My love - what have you done to me? What have you done to the girl that never wanted to grow up. The shy girl with a boy’s heart. Daphne du Maurier. Who wrote her books and had young men. And later a husband and children and life was lovely. Sometimes rather sad.

Daphne (2007)

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Jamaica Inn, Cornwall.

Loving Literature Thanks to Rebecca

Read here John Crace's article in The Guardian regarding how du Maurier's Rebecca made him love literature. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/20/rebecca-daphne-du-maurier-classic-literature

#Daphne du Maurier #Rebecca #John Crace #The Guardian #Literaure