“She had consented to be the Dona her world had demanded - a superficial, lovely creature, who walked, and talked, and laughed, accepting praise and admiration with a shrug of the shoulder as natural homage to her beauty, careless, insolent, deliberately indifferent, and all the while another Dona, a strange, phantom Dona, peered at her from a dark mirror and was ashamed.”
Frenchman's Creek is a historical novel set in the American colonies during the Revolutionary War. The story delves into the complexities of colonial life, examining the interactions between the European settlers and the indigenous populations. The protagonist navigates the turbulent political landscape and personal conflicts, offering a rich tapestry of historical and emotional narrative. more
British author known for her suspense novels and romantic stories. Daphne du Maurier's works are characterized by their mysterious and supernatural elements, with her most famous novels being 'Rebecca' and 'The Turn of the Screw'. Her writing style has had a profound impact on literature. more
“I don’t know how to be any version of me, much less a new and improved me.”
“The terrible things that happened to you didn't make you you. You always were.”
“Existence, after losing her, would be hell”
“[T]he purpose of your ethnicity transcends this tiny political moment.”