Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me." "Do you mean you want a secretary or something?" "No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.

' Her stories read like classic tales of terror and suspense but written with a sure touch for character imagery and suggestive meaning. Christian (b. In the summer of 1943 Daphne du Maurier began writing the autobiographically inspired drama The Years Between about the unexpected return of a senior officer thought killed in action who finds that his wife has taken his seat as Member of Parliament and has started a romantic relationship with a local farmer.

eɪ/; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English author and playwright. : /ˈdæfni duː ˈmɒri. Her elder sister was the writer Angela du Maurier.