
'I want to know if men realise when they are insane Sometimes I think that my brain cannot hold together it is filled with too much horror
- too much despair I cannot sleep I cannot close my eyes without seeing his damned face If only it had been a dream' In ' The Doll' a waterlogged notebook is washed ashore Its pages tell a dark story of obsession & jealousy But the fate of its narrator is a mystery Most of the stories in this haunting collection were written early in Daphne du Maurier's career
- when she was still in her early twenties
- yet they display her mastery of atmosphere tension & intrigue & reveal a cynicism far beyond her years