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Angela du Maurier

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Angela du Maurier


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
March 01, 1904

Died
February 05, 2002

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Angela du Maurier was born on 1 March 1904 in London, the eldest of three daughters of prominent actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel, née Beaumont. Born into a family with a rich artistic and historical background, her paternal grandfather was author and Punch cartoonist George du Maurier, who created the character of Svengali in the 1894 novel Trilby, and her mother was a maternal niece of journalist, author, and lecturer Comyns Beaumont. She and her sisters were indulged as a children and grew up enjoying enormous freedom from financial and parental restraint. Her middle sister, was the famous writer Daphne du Maurier, and her younger sister Jeanne was a painter.

Originally aspiring to follow the family tradition of acti
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Average rating: 3.88 · 112 ratings · 17 reviews · 24 distinct works
Treveryan

4.03 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1942 — 12 editions
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It's Only the Sister: an au...

3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1951 — 4 editions
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The Road to Leenane

3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1963 — 6 editions
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Lawrence Vane

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1946 — 3 editions
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The Frailty of Nature

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1969
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Pilgrims by the Way

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1967
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The Perplexed Heart

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1939 — 3 editions
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The Spinning Wheel

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Old Maids Remember

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1966
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Shallow Waters

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1952 — 2 editions
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