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The Doll


A Literary Fiction Short Story Collection


Subgenres:

  • Short Story Collection,
  • Romantic Tragedy
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Early short stories from iconic authors before their breakout novels
  • Bittersweet romance and flawed relationships told with sharp humor
  • Literary fiction exploring the struggle to connect with others
Publisher Description

Early stories that vividly portray with humor, candidness, and detail du Maurier's fascination with the problems of human connection.

Perhaps best known for her immortal gothic masterwork Rebecca—the basis for the Academy Award–winning motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock—Daphne de Maurier began her illustrious writing career penning short stories.

In The Doll, thirteen of du Maurier's early shorter fictional works have been collected—each story written before the author's twenty-third birthday and some in print for the first time since the 1930s.

Compelling tales of human foibles and tragic romance, the stories in The Doll represent the emergence of a remarkable literary talent who later went on to create Jamaica Inn, The Birds, and other classic works.

This breathtaking collection of short fiction belongs on the bookshelf of every Daphne du Maurier fan.

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