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The House On The Strand (VMC) [Kindle Edition]

Daphne du Maurier (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
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'du Maurier is a magician, a virtuouso. She can conjure up tragedy, horror, tension, suspense the ridiculous, the vain, the romantic' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

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* a novel of time travel and drug experimentation
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 519 KB
  • Print Length: 338 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: B000JC31WI
  • Publisher: Virago; New Ed edition (7 Jun 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B008258RHS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #28,622 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I think that this is one of Daphne Du Maurier's best works. 2 Mar 2000
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This is a fascinating story which focuses on Dick Young during a visit to a friend's house in Cornwall. His friend is a professor of science who has developed a drug which seems to take the user back in time. Dick experiments with the drug which interestingly seems to take the user only back to a specific time and place. He becomes enmeshed with the events of that time and place and finds that he gradually loses his sense of the reality of the present.

This is an extremely gripping and atmospheric book and if you like Daphne Du Maurier's books you really should read it.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Second favourite Du Maurier after Rebecca 9 Jun 2008
By H. Lacroix
Format:Paperback
An extraordinary book! It is the story of a man Dick Young whose best friend ( a scientist) has invented a potion which can send those who take it back in time.Magnus (the scientist) lends Dick his house in Cornwall for the holidays and asks him to try the drug as a favor. Dick finds himself in the same place,five hundred years before , a witness to things that occured and over which he has no control.When his wife and two stepsons join him, he finds himself more and more alienated from his American wife and her demands and drawn ever so strongly to have more of the drug and 'visit' the people he has 'met' there and towards whom he feels a connection... Atmospheric and cleverly plotted,an incredible achievement!
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Completely Absorbing 24 July 2001
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This is one of my favourite ever books. Its quite a while since I've read it now and I'm always meaning to read it again. It really is one of the best stories, and it draws you in so you feel like your experiencing it all yourself. I've even been to the parts of Cornwall mentioned in the book - just because of reading it. I definately think this her best book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The House on the Strand
I love D du M. This is the best of her books....I have just purchased the Kindle version and will be reading this great story again, for the third time!
Published 17 days ago by Vicky F
3.0 out of 5 stars A good read, but a perspective too far
The House On The Strand by Daphne du Maurier presents a thoroughly engaging read around an intriguing story. Read more
Published 26 days ago by Philip Spires
5.0 out of 5 stars Time shifting
Placed within its period, a well constructed absorbing read. A tale of mind altering drugs. You are left wondering what is real
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. Linda Paris
5.0 out of 5 stars Daphne Du Maurier Classic
one of her best stories ever about a time traveller. set in her beloved Cornwall, it tells the tale of a young man who is in thrall to his old college friend who has created a drug... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Carole Cotterill
5.0 out of 5 stars Didn't want to leave that world
This was my third time of reading - first time on a kindle. Would recommend the book to anyone. Mesmerising!
Published 2 months ago by Sheila Given
5.0 out of 5 stars peerfectly wonderful
fabulous story, beautifully read I love this edition and would recommend it but why oh why do these blooming reviews have to be so long?
Published 2 months ago by Louise Walker
3.0 out of 5 stars I liked her other books better
it's a good read but I found it annoying to have to keep going backwards. Double twist at the end made it quite sad
Published 2 months ago by wisbee
5.0 out of 5 stars The House on the Strand
One of Daphne du Maurier's best , a real page turner ,It grips you from the first page to the last . A book to read again and again
Published 2 months ago by Rosemary
4.0 out of 5 stars The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
" I read this book many years ago, and wanted to revisit it, I am currently reading it again on my kindle. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Anne Dennis
5.0 out of 5 stars the past inside the present
A clever spin on the haunted house cliche, this is, superficially, a semi-historical novel that uses the conceit of time travel to link past and present in weaving an unusually... Read more
Published 4 months ago by bbk
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