5/8/2023 0 Comments Daphne du![]() ![]() Her father had died earlier that year from colon cancer. ![]() This book gave her a great reputation as a writer although it shocked various of his father’s friends because of the portrait she painted of him in the book. Later on, in 1934, she wrote her father’s Biography, “Gerald: A Portrait”. Her first novel appeared in 1931, “The Loving Spirit” which was a big success. In 1929 Daphne published her first short story, “And Now to God the Father” in the magazine “Bystander” with the help of her mother’s brother, Willie Beaumont. ![]() From 1928 she started writing short stories and articles. She left for Paris in 1925 in order to attend Finishing School. Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, the Brontë sisters, and specially Katherine Mansfield.ĭuring one of the family’s holidays, they bought a vacation house called Ferryside in Fowey (Cornwall), which became her favourite place in the world, and where she based later the majority of her stories. Among her favourite authors and the ones who influenced her the most are R.L. Several governesses educated them at home.ĭaphne loved to read. She had two sisters (Angela and Jeanne) with whom she was very close. Her father was the actor and theatre manager Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson and her mother was the actress Muriel du Maurier (née Beaumont). Daphne Du Maurier was born in London (England) on May 13th, 1907 in a wealthy family. ![]()
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