The House On The Strand Book

The House On The Strand Book. The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier The classic time travel novel from the legendary writer behind Rebecca and "The Birds." "The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier." --New York Times Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane ' MARGARET FORSTER When Dick Young's friend, Professor Magnus Lane offers him an escape from his troubles in the form of a new drug, Dick.

The narrator, Richard (Dick) Young, gains access to a drug that transports him from the present day (and a. The House on the Strand not only opened up the world of Du Maurier but of Cornwall England

The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier (1969, Hardcover) Book Club Edition Books, Daphne

The House on the Strand not only opened up the world of Du Maurier but of Cornwall England The House on the Strand is pervaded by a sense of existential paralysis as its protagonist feels the emotional effects of compulsion to escape reality.Du Maurier goes a step further, extending his learned inability to grasp reality literally into the physical world The House on the Strand not only opened up the world of Du Maurier but of Cornwall England

The House on the Strand book review Lisa's Notebook. Its ambiguous ending suggests that it is arbitrary whether Young's consequences are fantastical or biological: he has, in. As the novel progresses, we learn more about the side effects of Magnus' drug: nausea, vertigo, confusion, and a creeping paralysis

The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier Stuck in a Book. The House on the Strand not only opened up the world of Du Maurier but of Cornwall England [1] [2] The US edition was published by Doubleday.Like many of du Maurier's novels, The House on the Strand has a supernatural element, exploring the ability to mentally travel back in time and experience historical events at.