tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post7104300187879470976..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Daphne du Maurier's CornwallHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-82191372421236589952014-12-17T01:09:19.489+11:002014-12-17T01:09:19.489+11:00Ham and High
timing is everything! Is this senten...Ham and High<br /><br />timing is everything! Is this sentence correct - "The £32,000,000 price tag reflects the special nature of the six bedroom house, which covers 10,000 square feet and sits on half an acre of land in the half of Hampstead Village". <br /><br />Daphne certainly grew up in a classy home!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76604659160876064472014-12-16T17:27:13.732+11:002014-12-16T17:27:13.732+11:00An early owner of Cannon Hall in Hampstead Heath w...An early owner of Cannon Hall in Hampstead Heath was Sir Noah Thomas, Physician-in-Ordinary to George III. Gerald bought furniture from the mid Georgian period because he entertained on a lavish scale. The substantial red brick home (from c1720) was named from the use of cannon as street bollards outside the front gates. These were introduced by Sir James Melville, secretary of the East India Company, who lived at the Hall from 1838.<br /><br />In 1916, Sir Gerald du Maurier purchased the Hall – and it was here that daughter Daphne grew up. You can see contemporary photos of the stairs, lounge, garden etc.Ham and High Propertyhttp://www.hamhigh.co.uk/property/for_sale_daphne_du_maurier_s_childhood_home_in_heart_of_hampstead_1_3788355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36145417691927767772014-11-25T23:49:30.576+11:002014-11-25T23:49:30.576+11:00hpm.
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Totally agreed. Ans that is exactly what Daph...Jim<br /><br />Totally agreed. Ans that is exactly what Daphne du Maurier said when she first saw the view as a 19 year old. She wanted to live facing the water, fish, sail and drink tea in harbour side inns.<br /><br />I could live like that too, I believe.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-42815683769371521822014-11-22T18:29:54.120+11:002014-11-22T18:29:54.120+11:00I love the shot of the boats.I love the shot of the boats.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68213066746123061492014-11-22T16:24:06.545+11:002014-11-22T16:24:06.545+11:00Joe,
no I have not. But I found this:
The Daphne...Joe,<br /><br />no I have not. But I found this:<br /><br />The Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense is open to those published in book-length fiction. <br /><br />I am assuming the award for first given only in the last few years. And I am pleased to say that, although the award seems to be American, the name Daphne du Maurier is used with permission of the du Maurier estate.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-46605545004625710972014-11-22T16:16:55.111+11:002014-11-22T16:16:55.111+11:00Andrew
Me too. As an adult I have come to love Co...Andrew<br /><br />Me too. As an adult I have come to love Cornwall, especially St Ives. Now I wonder how much of that interest in a far flung corner of the earth (from Melbourne at least) derives in part from our reading du Maurier's novels in adolescence. I am thinking that good books that you read at 16 have an impact for many decades. <br /><br />Or was that the film version of Rebecca that impinged itself on my young brain?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79544349911218938842014-11-22T16:12:54.922+11:002014-11-22T16:12:54.922+11:00Parnassus
Every good author has to love and ident...Parnassus<br /><br />Every good author has to love and identify strongly with a place, yes! And there were indeed darkish, Gothic overtones in du Maurier's writing. So I am assuming that the dark quality, which might have originally come from the landscape, was then used to describe marital relations, or jealousy or fear.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10595188543017489982014-11-22T12:07:52.272+11:002014-11-22T12:07:52.272+11:00Have you heard of the annual Daphne Du Maurier Awa...Have you heard of the annual Daphne Du Maurier Award?Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-26199217232459323742014-11-22T11:43:35.507+11:002014-11-22T11:43:35.507+11:00I think I read Rebecca when I was younger. What a ...I think I read Rebecca when I was younger. What a lovely place Fowey is and added to possible places to visit in the UK just below St Ives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-76560988662687662382014-11-22T07:53:08.212+11:002014-11-22T07:53:08.212+11:00Hello Hels, I have read a few of du Maurier's...Hello Hels, I have read a few of du Maurier's novels, and she was a master at evoking a sense of place, especially with Gothic overtones. Her characters and their interrelationships were also fraught with suspense and interest, but I always felt somehow that the actual writing was not of the first water. The adaptations by Hitchcock were masterful, and a great collaboration of their respective powers.<br /><br />I do love writing that evokes special places, but thinking back, it is not just the unique features of a place that make great literature, but importantly the love and identity felt by the author for the place.<br />--Jim<br />Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com