Although many of her novels rely on the trappings of the formulaic romance, her best works, such as Julius, The Parasites and The House on the Strand transcend the genre to achieve a powerful psychological realism. However, recent criticism focusing on the Freudian and Jungian subtexts of her books has forced a reappraisal of her canon. Critical verdictÄespite - or perhaps due to - her immense popularity, Du Maurier was long regarded as a resolutely middlebrow author. In 1969, when she was evicted from the house by its hereditary owners, the Rashleigh family, she moved into its dower house, Kilmarth. Manderley, the famous Gothic mansion in which Rebecca is set, was inspired by Menabilly, the house on the Cornish coast where Du Maurier lived for 26 years. Her first story was published when she was still a teenager, and she never pursued any other career than that of a writer. Other jobsÄu Maurier's literary ambitions were encouraged from an early age by her father, the actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier. Born into a prosperous, creative family, the young Daphne was initially educated at home and later at school in Paris.
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