Jane Austen and Daphne du Maurier

1. Jane Austen and Daphne du Maurier Joshua Elliot

2. Daphne du Maurier Jane Austen

3. Jane Austen was born December 16th, 1775 to father Rev. George Austen and mother Cassandra Austen. She was the 7th child of seven children and the 2nd daughter of two. Her family was by far from wealthy during her childhood but they weren’t exactly poor. She grew up in Stevenson Hampshire, England. Although Jane and her sister Cassandra were sent to boarding school when Jane was around eight years of age. • After attending boarding school for a year she returned home. Her education was then pursued by her father and brothers, also by her fathers large collection of British Literature books. Her fathers library was open to her at all times and she took complete advantage of every moment to educate herself with them. The Austen family unlike many other enjoyed creating plays and shows and actually acting them out among themselves. • Once she started writing her own British literacy books, the first one she wrote was Lady Susan. This book wasn’t published until after her death in 1871. Her first book published was Sense and Sensiablitly in 1811. Following these, there were five more novels published from 1811 and 1817. Jane obtained an illness that had yet to find a cure at the time, but she was being treated as best as possible in Winchester. Sadly she passed away on July 18th, 1817. Biography of Jane Austen

4. The next Author who goes by the name of Daphne du Maurier, from London England. She was born on May 13th, 1902 to father Gerald du Maurier and mother Muriel Beaumont. All of her books were known for the Romance, passion, and the suspense the stories carried. Rebecca and another book called The birds were two pieces of work that were considered Daphne’s best. • Daphne gathered an education from many different places in England, including London, Meudon, France, and Paris. In 1931 her first book called, The Loving Spirit was published. Five years later she released another book called Jamacian Inn. She began writing one of her most famous books, Rebecca, while traveling through Egypt. When she first began writing Rebecca is was coming along very slowly. After awhile she started making a lot of progress and finished in the matter of no time. The book Rebecca was made into a Alfred Hitchcocks version it was made into a Orson Welles radio productions. They performed this book at the Campbell playhouse in December of 1938. • Daphne didn’t only right write novels, she also wrote short stories, plays, and biographies. She has almost 40 pieces of work from the time she started writing until the time she died. In 1969 Maurier was mad dame due to her literary ways. After a nice and successful life Daphne eventually passed away on April 19th, 1989. Biography of Daphne

5. The book Pride and prejudice follows Elizabeth Bennet in 19th century England. Elizabeth has five sisters and she is not like the rest of her sisters. Elizabeth is an independent and outspoken young girl. When Mr. Bingley arrives in England to stay Mrs. Bennet becomes overly excited and tries to force marriage upon one of the daughters. Mr. Bingley attends the ball and immediately sets eyes on the oldest daughter Jane and is determined to put a hold on her. While at the ball Mr. Bingley encourages his Friend Mr. Darcy to dance with Elizabeth but he makes a rude comment which offends her. • Weeks after the first ball Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy attend yet another ball which the Bennets appeared at. Mr. Darcy is now interested in Elizabeth and asks her to dance and once again she refuses still hurt by the remarks made before. Threw all the tragedy Elizabeth and Darcy become closer and he then proposes to Elizabeth, She denies the proposal. A few days later Darcy yet again proposes to Elizabeth but this time is shocked at the answer he gets in return. Elizabeth says yes and Darcy thanks her. He explains to her that he is a changed person and she has made him realize that he was a horrible person at one time and should not come across people the way he did just because he was higher class. Pride and Prejudice- Jane

6. Daphne didn’t only right write novels, she also wrote short stories, plays, and biographies. She has almost 40 pieces of work from the time she started writing until the time she died. In 1969 Maurier was mad dame due to her literary ways. After a nice and successful life Daphne eventually passed away on April 19th, 1989. • The novel Rebecca begins with memories on how an unnamed character and a guy named Maxim had met. After only a couple weeks of knowing each other Maxim felt the need to propose to the unnamed character. Although she did accept his proposal, she later finds out that there would be a major problem in the way. They move to the town of Manderely to realize that Maxim pasted wife, Rebecca haunts over these two house. After some time the unnamed wife feels as though she will never live up his ex wife Rebecca and in fact that he is still in love with her. At the same time Rebecca haunts the house, the housekeeper Mrs. Danvers makes their marriage a living nightmare. Starting off by convincing her to wear the same dress Rebecca wore to the annual ball and horrifying Maxim. Not only did she ruin the ball, she then almost persuades her to kill herself. • Randomly one day Rebecca’s old sailboat appears upon shore, shockingly her dead body remains in the boat. The truth comes out and the story of Rebecca’s death remains on the shoulders of Maxim. It looks as though Maxim shot Rebecca after finding out her secret life and the affairs she was having behind his back. At first Maxim demanded a divorce but Rebecca refused to agree. She then informs Maxim that she is pregnant, not to him though, to her cousin Favell. He then shot her, sailed her boat out to sea with her dead body, and drills holes into the bottom sinking her ship and returning to his mansion. Then with a slight change doctors declared that Rebecca was in fact infertile. She lied to Maxim because she was really dying of cancer, this being her way of suicide. This saved Maxim from murder charges and a lot of other things that were about to ruin his life. Rebecca- Daphne

7. Emma Woodhouse () lives with her widowed "valetudinarian" father on their estate Hartfield. They are at the upper rung of the social ladder in her eyes. Her governess Miss Anne Taylor has just married, much to their distress, and now lives happily with [Capt.] Mr. Weston at their estate Randalls. Emma believes she arranged this marriage. Her older sister Isabella has previously married John Knightley and they live in London with their 4 children. • Perhaps out of boredom, Emma decides to take Harriet Smith underwing and arrange a match for her. Harriet is c. 18 and of unknown parentage, lives at Mrs. Goddard's boarding school. Emma disapproves of Mr. Robert Martin, a tenant farmer who proposes to Harriet, and dissuades her from him. Emma's long-time neighbor and wise older friend (c. 38 y/o) Mr. [George] Knightley chastises her for her manipulations, insisting that Mr. Martin is of higher class than Harriet and would have been a good match. • She tries instead to get Harriet and the vicar Mr. Elton matched, for example by painting Harriet's likeness in front of Elton. Elton delivers a charade about courtship which Emma thinks is directed to Harriet. But her plans backfire and Elton instead declares his love for Emma while they are alone in a carriage, returning from a Christmas Eve dinner at the Weston's-- much to her displeasure and Harriet's subsequent distress. • Mr. Weston's son from his first marriage, Frank Weston Churchill, has been essentially adopted by the wealthy brother of his deceased first wife Mr. Churchill and his domineering wife Mrs. Churchill, living at their estate Enscombe. She kept Frank from paying adequate attention to his father, even after Mr. Weston's remarriage, and Mr. Knightley criticizes Frank's character and lack of a sense of duty to his father. • Jane Fairfax is an orphan, the only child of Mrs. Bates' youngest daughter Jane and Lt. Fairfax. After her father's death, she was taken into the family of Colonel & Mrs. Campbell, who felt indebted to Lt. Fairfax and also desired Jane as a companion to their own now-married daughter Mrs. Dixon. Jane now arrives for an extended visit with Mrs. Bates and her daughter (Jane's Aunt), the garrulous Miss Bates, while the Campbells are vacationing with the Dixons in Ireland. Emma speculates with Frank that there was a relationship between Mr. Dixon and Jane. Frank drives 32 miles for a haircut, wants to have a ball, and seems very "gallant", in contrast to the understated Mr. Knightley, who disapproves. Jane Austen- Emma

8. Mr. Elton returns from Bath with a fiancée, Miss Augusta Hawkins, an upwardly mobile and rather vulgar woman who does not please Emma. At the Coles' dinner party, the piano sent to Jane from an unknown donor is discussed. Mrs. Weston is plotting a match between Jane and Mr. Knightley, which Emma discourages. Frank and Emma dance. Emma plays the piano followed by Jane, and Knightley rescues Jane from the overexertions at singing urged by Frank. • Emma and Frank are visiting Jane at the Bates' and Frank teases Jane about the origin of the piano and the accompanying Irish music. Frank plans a ball at the Crown Inn. But before it can occur, he is called back to his ailing aunt. Before leaving, he almost confesses something to Emma-- is he in love with her? • Frank returns and appears to not love Emma. The ball is held. Mr. Elton snubs Harriet and Knightley chivalrously "rescues" her by dancing with her, later with Emma. On a day that soon follows, Harriet is rescued from an attack by gypsies on a country road. Harriet resolves to put Mr. Elton out of her mind and to love Mr. Knightley, though Emma mistakenly thinks Frank is the object of her affection. Mr. Knightley suspects a relationship between Jane and Frank. • The party visits Mr. Knightley at his estate Donwell Abbey to pick strawberries. Jane is frustrated with Mrs. Elton's persistence [and her apparently uncertain status with Frank] and leaves to walk back alone. The next day, the party makes an excursion to Box Hill for a picnic. Frank ostentatiously flirts with Emma. Emma, influenced by Frank, insults Miss Bates about her dullness. Jane is distressed by Frank's behavior. Mr. Knightley severely criticizes Emma for her actions to Miss Bates. • Harriet tells Emma that she loves Knightley-- Emma suddenly realizes her own love for him and laments the possibility of losing him. Mr. Knightley returns from a visit to London, consoling Emma mistakenly thinking she was in love with Frank. When she denies this, he declares his love for her. Frank writes a long letter of apology to the Westons, which helps his image somewhat. Emma and Knightley decide to live with her father at Hartfield as long as he lives. Emma and Jane have a pleasant meeting of the minds. Harriet goes to visit the John Knightleys in London and becomes engaged to Mr. Martin after all, about which Emma is pleased. Harriet marries in Sept and Frank and Jane will wed in November. Emma overcomes her father's resistance to the marriage after Mrs. Weston's poultry-house is robbed, and they marry in October. Continued

9. Mr. Henry Dashwood has died and his house (Norland Park) is taken over by his son John and his greedy wife Fanny FerrarsDashwood. The widow Mrs. Dashwood is made to feel unwelcome in her own former home and elects to move out with her daughters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. Fanny's brother Edward Ferrars seems to court Elinor, but Marianne despairs at his lack of sensitivity and feeling and expresses her reservations about him. Fanny also objects to the relationship.Fanny talks John out of showing any generosity to his mother and sisters. In September they move to Barton Cottage in Devonshire, owned by a wealthy relation Sir John Middleton and his wife Lady Middleton. The Middletons are very hospitable despite Mrs. D's coolness, and invite them frequently to Barton park. There they meet Mrs. Middleton's mother Mrs. Jennings and Colonel Brandon, who is 35 y/o and Sir John's friend. Mrs. Jennings is very outspoken and predicts a match between Marianne and Brandon. They all sadly note the absence of Edward.Marianne and Elinor walk in the hills. Marianne sprains her ankle and is rescued by the handsome and dashing John Willoughby, who stays nearby with his relation Mrs. Smith (she owns property he will inherit). Marianne and Willoughby seem to be in love and Elinor criticizes her excess openness and lack of reserve. Brandon seems also to have an interest in Marianne but he is disparaged by Willoughby and Marianne-- Elinor defends him. As Marianne and Will. have eyes only for each other and exhibit growing intimacy, Elinor nurses her hurt feelings regarding Edward and enjoys talking with Brandon.. Marianne and Will. sneak off to view his future property where Mrs. Smith lives. Mrs. Jennings speculates on why Brandon had to leave. Willoughby suddenly departs for London leaving Marianne bewildered and sorrowful and Elinor suspicious. Edward Ferrars shows up and is cold and repellent, in low spirits. He is seen to have a ring with a lock of hair-- is it Elinor's? Mrs. Dashwood advises Edward to get a profession. Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Charlotte Palmer (Lady Middleton's sister) arrive for a visit. They discuss Willoughby and Brandon. Lucy and Nancy Anne Steele pay a visit-- cousins of Lady Middleton. Lucy confides to Elinor (in a partially preemptive move) that she and Edward have been secretly engaged for 4 years and the problems that have resulted. Elinorand Sense and sensibility- Jane Austen

10. Marianne accept Mrs. Jenning's invitation to travel to London. There, Marianne writes Willoughby and Brandon pays a visit. Will. fails to come and shuns Marianne at a party. He is seen with another woman. Marianne receives a cold letter from him advising that he is engaged to the wealthy Miss Sophia Grey and he returns her letters and the locket with hair. Brandon arrives to share the news.Brandon tells of his former love for Eliza, who instead was forced to marry his brother, and who was later divorced, fell into disgrace, was seduced, had a child (Eliza Williams) by her seducer, and died of TB. Brandon provides for this child's education. She had disappeared and was found to have been seduced by Willoughby and abandoned pregnant. Brandon and Will. fought a duel without either being injured. John Dashwood arrives and again rationalizes his neglect of his mother et al due to great expenses. They visit at the John Dashwoods, where Marianne defends Elinor against the rude and sour mother of Fanny, Mrs. Ferrars. Edward, Elinor, Marianne, and Lucy have an uncomfortable visit together. Elinor meets Edward's brother, Robert Ferrars. Fanny invites the Miss Steeles for a visit. When Fanny and Mrs. Ferrars learn (from Nancy) of Lucy's engagement to Edward, they explode in violent opposition. Mrs. Ferrars disinherits Edward, but Mrs. Jennings speaks supportively of him. Anne Steele tells of overhearing Edward and Lucy planning their uncertain future and deferring the marriage.Brandon arranges a 200 pound/year "living" for Edward. Mrs. Jennings thinks Brandon is courting Elinor. Elinor conveys the generous offer to Edward. John Dashwood questions Brandon's motives for such generosity. Robert Ferrars condemns Edward's choice. Elinor and Marianne leave to visit the Palmers at Cleveland, accompanied by Mrs. Jennings and Brandon. Marianne develops a putrid infection and nearly dies. Brandon is sent to fetch Mrs. Dashwood. Willoughby arrives to declare his love for Marianne to Elinor, his need to marry for money due to debts, his wife's insistence that he write the cruel letter, and other extenuating circumstances explaining his poor behavior, seeking forgiveness. Brandon and Mrs. Dashwood arrive, he having confessed his love for Marianne to her mother. The mother and sisters return to Barton Cottage and Marianne reflects on her selfishness and self-destructive behavior. Elinor tells her of Willoughby's visit and confession-- this is a great relief to her-- she concludes she could never have been happy with him.The servant says he has seen Lucy and that he is married to Edward. But Edward soon arrives to inform them that it is in fact his brother Robert Ferrars who has married Lucy Steele. (His mother had insured his prosperity when disinheriting Edward.). Robert even gets back in favor with her. Lucy's full cunning is revealed. Elinor and Edward marry. Marianne loves and marries Brandon. Willoughby eventually gets over Marianne. Marianne and Elinor remain close. Continued

11. The coachman tried to warn her away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast. But young Mary Yellan chose instead to honor her mother's dying request that she join her frightened Aunt Patience and huge, hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn at Jamaica Inn. From her first glimpse on that raw November eve, she could sense the inn's dark power. But never did Mary dream that she would become hopelessly ensnared in the vile, villainous schemes being hatched within its crumbling walls -- or that a handsome, mysterious stranger would so incite her passions ... tempting her to love a man whom she dares not trust Jamaica Inn Daphne

12. n this haunting tale, Daphne du Maurier takes a fresh approach to time travel. A secret experimental concoction, once imbibed, allows you to return to the fourteenth century. There is only one catch: if you happen to touch anyone while traveling in the past you will be thrust instantaneously to the present. • Magnus Lane, a University of London chemical researcher, asks his friend Richard Young and Young's family to stay at Kilmarth, an ancient house set in the wilds near the Cornish coast. Here, Richard drinks a potion created by Magnus and finds himself at the same spot where he was moments earlier--though it is now the fourteenth century. The effects of the drink wear off after several hours, but it is wildly addictive, and Richard cannot resist traveling back and forth in time. Gradually growing more involved in the lives of the early Cornish manor lords and their ladies, he finds the presence of his wife and stepsons a hindrance to his new-found experience. Richard eventually finds emotional refuge with a beautiful woman of the past trapped in a loveless marriage, but when he attempts to intervene on her behalf the results are brutally terrifying for the present. The house on the strand- Daphne

13. In the Novel Rebecca, the whole story is pretty much based around conflict. The first Conflict in the novel would be Rebecca haunting over the newlyweds as soon as they get back to Manderely where they would be living. • At the very beginning of the novel it starts out with the unnamed character having flashback to when she had first met maximum. • For example when the unnamed character wore the same dress to the annual ball it looked ironic to everyone except for Mrs. Danvers, making Maxim’s wife look foolish. • Conflict • Flashback • Irony Literary Device

14. Personally I don’t enjoy reading but if you like to read and you are into romantic novels I do suggest you read these books. Personal Review