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The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() A collection of eight chilling stories by the author of 'The Birds' and 'Don't Look Now', introduced by Sally Beauman Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. 7, 1959 A haunting series of stories, in most cases putting it up to the reader to interpret the final outcome in all cases using the device of the moment in life when emotion or reason reaches the point of tension beyond which something snaps. Often chilling, sometimes poignant, these stories display the full range of Daphne du Maurier's considerable talent. THE BREAKING POINT EIGHT STORIES by Daphne du Maurier RELEASE DATE: Oct. ![]() Her characters are caught at those moments when the delicate link between reason and emotion has been stretched to the breaking point. Fire." It was as simple as that.' In this collection of suspenseful tales in which fantasies, murderous dreams and half-forgotten worlds are exposed, Daphne du Maurier explores the boundaries of reality and imagination. It’s a collection of eight short stories written after The Scapegoat and before The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte. A knock on the door, and someone answers - a woman yawning, an old man in carpet slippers, a child sent by its parents in irritation and according to what I will, what I decide, their whole future will be decided. The Breaking Point: Short Stories by Daphne Du Maurier Published on The Breaking Point, first published in 1959, is my first book for the Daphne du Maurier Challenge. "They don't know," he thought, "those people inside, how one gesture of mine, now, at this minute, might alter their world. The apathy of Sunday lay upon the streets. ![]()
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