The Short Stories of Daphne du Maurier ‘A Border-Line Case’, written in 1971, features a young woman of nineteen, who is at her father’s deathbed when he seemingly looks at her as though seeing her for the first time, almost as though dying of shock at that very moment of recognition. Happy Short Story Month! She also wrote many short stories including ‘Come Wind, Come Weather’ (1940), ‘Early Stories’ (1959), ‘The Breaking Point’ (1959), ‘Not After Midnight’ (1971) and ‘The Rendezvous and Other Stories’ (1980). This list may not reflect recent changes (). No, she took it long before the TV show). About du Maurier. Retrouvez The Breaking Point: Short Stories et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. Daphne du Maurier is one of my favourite authors and I now only have one of her novels left to read (Castle Dor, which was partly written by Arthur Quiller-Couch).However, I also still need to read several of her short story collections, having previously only read The Birds and The Rendezvous, so I decided to put this one, Don’t Look Now and Other Stories on my 20 Books of Summer list. They are two of Daphne du Maurier’s most terrifying pieces of writing, the stuff of gothic nightmare, although many people still don’t realise that Daphne wrote the short stories on which these films are based. Crossposted/tweaked from my blog.Originally published as Not After Midnight, this collections brings together five atmospheric short stories by Daphne du Maurier. Pages in category "Short story collections by Daphne du Maurier" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. Daphne Du Maurier’s (1907-1989) novels have often been described in terms of the gothic genre. Article by: Greg Buzwell Themes: Literature 1900–1950, Fantasy and fairy tale Greg Buzwell traces Daphne du Maurier’s use of Gothic themes, motifs and imagery, and shows how she was influenced both by earlier writers and by her deep connection with Cornwall. Short stories by Daphne du Maurier. At the website we also know of thee short stories that were made into film, this time for television, one in the UK and two in the US. This is my second book of short stories by Daphne du Maurier. The other books celebrating special anniversaries are The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë (1960) Daphne’s splendid biography of the Brontë sisters brother Branwell, The Treasury of du Maurier Short Stories (1960), a collection comprising the short stories found in two previous collections, The Apple Tree and The Breaking Point.Both these books celebrate their 60th anniversary in 2020. Daphne du Maurier and the Gothic tradition - an article by Greg Buzwell. (May, 2017) This is a collection of five short stories by Daphne du Maurier (Don't Look Now, The Breakthrough, Not After Midnight, A Border-Line Case, The Way of the Cross) which exhibit the great versatility and inventiveness of the author. Bibliography of Daphne du Maurier novels, omnibus editions, short stories, plays, biographies and autobiographies If you prefer your short stories to be slightly on the darker side, then give these a try. The first was an adaptation of her novel ‘Rebecca’ that was published in 1938. Some of you might know that I’ve recently become a huge fan of Daphne du Maurier. Much of her work has a penchant for the macabre, twisted, slightly sinister or menacing, as well as a general sense that women are often attracted to a dangerous male figure.Rebecca