Du Maurier

[ doo mawr-ee-ey, dyoo; French dy moh-ryey ]

noun

1. Dame Daphne Lady Browning, 1907–1989, English novelist.
2. her grandfather George Louis Pal·mel·la Bus·son [pal-, mel, -, uh, boo-, sohn, b, y, -, sawn], 1834–96, English illustrator and novelist.
3. her father Sir Gerald (Hubert Edward Bus·son) [b, y, -, sawn], 1873–1934, English actor and theatrical manager.

Du Maurier

/ djuː ˈmɒrɪˌeɪ /

noun

1. Du MaurierDaphne19071989FEnglishWRITING: novelist Dame Daphne. 1907–89, English novelist; author of Rebecca (1938) and My Cousin Rachel (1951)
2. Du MaurierGeorge Louis Palmella Busson18341896MEnglishWRITING: novelistARTS AND CRAFTS: caricaturistARTS AND CRAFTS: illustrator her grandfather, George Louis Palmella Busson ('pæmɛlə ˈbjuːs ^ən) 1834-96, British novelist and illustrator; author Trilby (1894)
3. Du MaurierSir Gerald (Hubert Edward)18731934MBritishTHEATRE: actor-manager his son, Sir Gerald ( Hubert Edward ). 1873–1934, British actor-manager: father of Daphne Du Maurier

Example Sentences

Like the protagonist in Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca," Captain tells his story in first person, but never names himself.

From Salon

Whether it was Edward Gorey’s children who are variously choked by peaches, sucked dry by leeches or smothered by rugs; Du Maurier’s imperiled heroines or the disturbing erotic power of Angela Carter’s fairy tales, the gothic world has always had me in its grip.

From Los Angeles Times

Among them: “Little Women,” on the occasion of its 150th anniversary; “Anne of Green Gables”; Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”; and Daphne du Maurier’s forever-young “Rebecca.”

From Seattle Times

You have to love, for example, the sardonic headline The New York Times ran when it reviewed Susan Hill’s 1993 novel “Mrs. DeWinter,” a follow-up to Daphne du Maurier’s unimprovable “Rebecca”: “Still Dead After All These Years.”

From New York Times

Yet while du Maurier's short story is certainly worth a read, Hitchcock was also inspired by a real-life tale in many ways more bizarre than its fictional counterpart.

From Salon