BRENDAN O’DEA takes us to Venice for a closer look at Daphne du Maurier’s spine-chilling short story, ‘Don’t Look Now’: ‘The ensuing action throws John, and the reader, into confusion. The denouement is delivered with panache, and is so devastating that it looks inevitable, almost predestined, permitting everything which preceded it to fall neatly into place…’
MIKE SMITH finds he is misled by the unsettling horror of ‘The Old Man’ by Daphne du Maurier: ‘Daphne du Maurier has the reputation of being a writer of unsettling, even scary stories. Hitchcock’s famous horror movie The Birds was based on her short story of the same name, and it’s worth noting that he felt he had to tone down the ending…’
SOPHIE REID reveals the unsettling depths in Daphne du Maurier’s short stories: ‘… they offer complete worlds, ask questions, and leave you wanting more. Many explore themes of what it is to be human, the darkness in our minds, and the darker sides of life.’
Podcast: Authors POLLY SAMSON, ANTHONY QUINN and DAISY GOODWIN discuss Daphne du Maurier’s haunting short story collection ‘The Doll’.
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