Myself When Young
The Shaping of a Writer
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Myself When Young
Narrated by:
Hattie Morahan
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Hattie Morahan
Summary
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.
'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©1977 Daphne du Maurier (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd
She recognises throughout where fate has sprinkled the magic that led to her creating her great works that have shaped our collective consciousness. It’s a true joy to hear how she came to be embraced by probably her greatest loves - Cornwall, Fowey, and eventually Menabilly, without which perhaps she’d never have been the writer she became. My favourite chapters were about her her writing processes, her states of mind throughout the stages, her frustrations with herself, and the soaring bliss she felt when things were flowing. The line I laughed at most was when she recounts a journal entry during the time she was writing her first novel - ‘I wish I were a better writer’, she says. Oh Daphne du Maurier, we all wish we could be anywhere near as good a writer as you.
A must-listen for du Maurier super-fans
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