Du Maurier

American  

[doo mawr-ee-ey, dyoo, dy moh-ryey] / du ˈmɔr iˌeɪ, dyu, dü moʊˈryeɪ /

noun

1. Dame Daphne Lady Browning, 1907–1989, English novelist.

2. her grandfather George Louis Palmella Busson 1834–96, English illustrator and novelist.

3. her father Sir Gerald (Hubert Edward Busson) 1873–1934, English actor and theatrical manager.

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Du Maurier British  

/ djuː ˈmɒrɪˌeɪ /

noun

1. Dame Daphne. 1907–89, English novelist; author of Rebecca (1938) and My Cousin Rachel (1951)

2. her grandfather, George Louis Palmella Busson ('pæmɛlə ˈbjuːs ^ə n) 1834-96, British novelist and illustrator; author Trilby (1894)

3. his son, Sir Gerald ( Hubert Edward ). 1873–1934, British actor-manager: father of Daphne Du Maurier

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Example Sentences

The narrator of Daphne du Maurier’s lush saga begins at a disadvantage.

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Du Maurier’s most compelling mystery isn’t Rebecca, nor Maxim, nor Mrs. Danvers, Manderley’s inevitably unhinged housekeeper.

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Daphne du Maurier’s fiction revels in the mind’s ability to play tricks on itself.

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In du Maurier’s world, the usual footholds by which sanity is maintained are always in danger of being kicked away by circumstance.

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In other words, du Maurier’s central characters display all the prejudices of the background from which she herself came.

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