Daphne du Maurier
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.71 | 1551 Users | 146 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 1844080722 (ISBN13: 9781844080724) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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This has some brilliant ideas and contains scads of wisdom about the pitfalls and the rewards of a creative life. Three siblings whose parents were Pappy, a famous singer, and Mama, a brilliant dancer, spend an afternoon remembering their childhood and decisions they have made. They are brought to this circumspection because Maria's husband has just called them 3 parasites. Maria and Niall and Celia (in that birth order) have always been inseparable since they were children and traveled around with their parents in a bohemian style from theater to hotel all around the world. At first I was in disagreement with Charles, but I can see how he did suffer with a wife who was a brilliant stage actor. Of the 3 siblings, Maria was the most self-centered, but she had her art and it was her whole life. Probably, she should never have married and had children, because she ignored both. Niall was a world famous popular song writer and Celia did gorgeous drawings, but loved helping people more than her art, so she truly wasn't parasitic, unless the author is saying that some people are cloying in their need to take care of others? This is very sad, but there is also humor in the book, in this section duMaurier is describing Niall's driving: Always an indifferent driver . . .Niall became worse through the years, because he became progressively more vague. . . He shot traffic lights, not with intention, but because momentarily he would confuse green with red; or alternatively he would stay waiting, overtime, when the colours changed, so that only the infuriated hooting of drivers in the rear,. . .would startle him from a temporary dream into instant, and often fatal, action. I love that section, because I am just the same!Point Based On Books The Parasites
| Title | : | The Parasites |
| Author | : | Daphne du Maurier |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | May 5th 2005 by Virago (first published 1949) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.71 From 1551 Users | 146 ReviewsArticle Based On Books The Parasites
I wasn't sure at first. This is very much a character study rather than straight forward narrative but crickey, once you get absorbed into their world and lifestyle it's compelling stuff. And like all du Maurier, has a great ending that left me contemplative and satisfied.This is the funniest du Maurier novel I've read for the du Maurier literature class, but it has its own tragedy as well. An intense character study with moments of plural first person narration, the Delaney siblings are put under the microscope and are exposed for the parasites Maria's husband claims they are.LGBTQ+ rep is ambiguous, but I'd like to believe Celia is ace because of a line near the end of the book.
Not one of Du Maurier's most famous novels, but one of her very best, maybe because, for once, it's not a gothic mystery. Du Maurier's style isn't extraordinarily inventive, but it's very solid, accurate, and she has a gift for telling compelling stories with great characters. This novel about a family of artists and the complex ties that bind them all has more depth than one could expect and is the kind of book you want to read by a fire on a winter night.
Was it all illusion?The Delaney siblings, nearing 40, are startled tohear the husband of one call them "parasites." Hisnasty liner isn't true. Maria (wife of a stuffedshirt landowner) is a top actress in the West End.The popular songs of her bro Niall have made himrich & famous. The youngest Delaney, Celia, has spenther life doing for family. All three are compositesof DdM.She comes w a brand name : grandfather George wrote"Trilby." Papa Gerald, a celebrated actor-producer, gave Tallulah her
This has some brilliant ideas and contains scads of wisdom about the pitfalls and the rewards of a creative life. Three siblings whose parents were Pappy, a famous singer, and Mama, a brilliant dancer, spend an afternoon remembering their childhood and decisions they have made. They are brought to this circumspection because Maria's husband has just called them 3 parasites. Maria and Niall and Celia (in that birth order) have always been inseparable since they were children and traveled around
Loved. This. Book. Some of the best character development Ive ever read. This book should be a study in writing complex characters. Im adding it to my favorites list. You should read it!
I have a hard time rating this book. It's not so much of a novel as a character study. In fact, I think most of these chapters could stand on their own as little character study short stories. This is not any kind of mystery or gothic book like Rebecca but rather just a kind of "day in the life" with lots of flashbacks. The slow pace, relationships focus, and tiny movements that represented or eventually developed into something large reminded me a bit of Edith Wharton.The thing is, The
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