DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author.

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author.
A good A.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, two pages, 8vo, Fowey, Cornwall, 21st August 1942, to Miss. Pottinger and Miss. Hurst. Du Maurier writes 'I am glad you enjoyed the story of "Rebecca"' and continues to answer her correspondent's questions, '1. The heroine was nameless on purpose, because I wished to see if it were possible to write a complete story without once giving a name to the chief character. And I succeeded! 2. The second question is too difficult to answer. No author can say why he or she thinks of a particular theme. The idea just comes slowly, and is then worked out on paper'. Some light age wear and a few small, neat splits at the edges of the folds, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise about VGA scarce vintage letter in which the novelist comments on one of her most famous works. Rebecca (1938) has had a significant impact on popular culture, not least through the 1940 Academy Award winning film adaptation of the novel, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson. The best-selling novel has never gone out of print.