'A delightful book, full of amusing and charming stories' THE TIMES
'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'An intimate view of a creative personality . . . as richly evocative as any of her novels' LOS ANGELES TIMES
In Myself When Young, based on diaries that she kept from 1920-1932, the most famous du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her first book and her subsequent marriage.
Here, the writer is open and sometimes painfully honest about the difficult relationship with her father; her education in Paris; early love affairs; her antipathy towards London life and the theatre; her intense love for Cornwall and her desperate ambition to succeed as a writer. The resulting portrait is of a captivating and complex character. Both her novels and her non-fiction reveal Daphne du Maurier's overwhelming desire to explore her family's history.
| ISBN: | 9781844080960 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 2004 |
| Author: | Daphne Du Maurier |
| Publisher: | Virago an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 195 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Biography: general Autobiography: writers Autobiography: general Diaries, letters and journals Biographies & Autobiographies |
'A delightful book, full of amusing and charming stories' THE TIMES
'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'An intimate view of a creative personality . . . as richly evocative as any of her novels' LOS ANGELES TIMES
In Myself When Young, based on diaries that she kept from 1920-1932, the most famous du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her first book and her subsequent marriage.
Here, the writer is open and sometimes painfully honest about the difficult relationship with her father; her education in Paris; early love affairs; her antipathy towards London life and the theatre; her intense love for Cornwall and her desperate ambition to succeed as a writer. The resulting portrait is of a captivating and complex character. Both her novels and her non-fiction reveal Daphne du Maurier's overwhelming desire to explore her family's history.
Myself When Young features in the following genres: Biography: general, Autobiography: writers, Autobiography: general, Diaries, letters and journals, Biographies & Autobiographies
Myself When Young is available in Paperback
Myself When Young was written by Daphne Du Maurier and published by Virago an imprint of Little, Brown
Myself When Young has 195 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series
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