Advantages: Compelling, fascinating mix of historical drama and science fiction Disadvantages: Slightly dated feel
...first thing I noticed was the clarity of the air, and the sharp green colour of the land. There was no softness anywhere….I had expected- if I expected anything- a transformation of a different kind: a tranquil sense of well-being, the blurred intoxication of a dream…not this tremendous impact, a reality more vivid than than anything hitherto experienced, sleeping or awake." ---"The House on the Strand", Daphne du Maurier.
Imagine what it would ... ...occurred long before, to follow the lives of those who lived in the past and watch their plans and dreams, their triumphs and disasters, unfolding before you. In "The House on the Strand", Daphne du Maurier has woven a tale set amid the backdrop of the Cornish countryside in which the reader is invited to imagine just this scenario. Those familiar with this author's work will know that she has often set her stories in the south west of England, an ...
cladach29 09.11.2006
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