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Manderley Forever

A Biography of Daphne du Maurier

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The nonfiction debut from beloved international sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay: her bestselling biography of novelist Daphne du Maurier.

“It's impressive how Tatiana was able to recreate the personality of my mother, including her sense of humor. It is very well written and very moving. I’m sure my mother would have loved this book.” — Tessa Montgomery d’Alamein, daughter of Daphné du Maurier, as told to Pauline Sommelet in Point de Vue

As a bilingual bestselling novelist with a mixed Franco-British bloodline and a host of eminent forebears, Tatiana de Rosnay is the perfect candidate to write a biography of Daphne du Maurier. As an eleven-year-old de Rosnay read and reread Rebecca, becoming a lifelong devotee of Du Maurier’s fiction. Now de Rosnay pays homage to the writer who influenced her so deeply, following Du Maurier from a shy seven-year-old, a rebellious sixteen-year-old, a twenty-something newlywed, and finally a cantankerous old lady. With a rhythm and intimacy to its prose characteristic of all de Rosnay’s works, Manderley Forever is a vividly compelling portrait and celebration of an intriguing, hugely popular and (at the time) critically underrated writer.

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Cornwall is central to the du Maurier legend. How could any narrator of her life story fail to research the proper pronunciation of all the places in Cornwall with which Daphne du Maurier is associated? This jarred at my nerves and ruined an otherwise good listen.

Terrible pronunciation of Cornish place names!

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Very interesting novel styled biography but the mispronunciation of so many words and names was hard work. Especially the Cornish ones…. Pronouncing the ‘w’ in Fowey is definitely the most alarming but there are many others. It’s a shame because it is read with passion.

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The book itself is wonderful - it's the story of Daphne du Maurier so how could it not be? But the reading is very irritating; the many mispronunciations start to grate after a while and suggest a lack of research/preparation on the reader's part.

Amazing story of a remarkable woman; poorly read

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I came to complain about the quality of narration and discovered that's what everyone else has complained about too! How can the narrator be allowed to get away with mis-pronouncing 'Fowey' !!! So many errors of pronunciation in both English and French. Although the narrator has a pleasant voice, she comes over as having a narrow experience of reading and speaking both languages. What bothered me most is that whilst print can be tidied up by proof-readers, audio, it seems, can get away very little production oversight. Considering the probably high sales of this book, I think the publishers should fork out for a new narration and make sure it is properly produced this time. The author herself must be very disappointed that this was allowed to go through uncorrected.

As far as the content of the book goes, I enjoyed it and found it very informative, despite the rather fannish approach to DdM.

interesting read but the narration very poor

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I love Daphne's novels and short stories. This is an insightful and inspiring biography. Excellent.

Fascinating book

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