Daphne du Maurier Quote
On the table there, polished now and plain, an ugly case would stand containing butterflies and moths, and another one with bird's eggs wrapped in cotton wool. Not all this junk in here, I would say, take them to the schoolroom darlings, and they would run off, shouting, calling to one another, but the little one staying behind, pottering on his own, quieter than the others
Daphne du Maurier
On the table there, polished now and plain, an ugly case would stand containing butterflies and moths, and another one with bird's eggs wrapped in cotton wool. Not all this junk in here, I would say, take them to the schoolroom darlings, and they would run off, shouting, calling to one another, but the little one staying behind, pottering on his own, quieter than the others
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About Daphne du Maurier
Although du Maurier is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. Her bestselling works were not at first taken seriously by critics, but they have since earned an enduring reputation for narrative craft. Many have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel and Jamaica Inn, and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive.