The Scapegoat: Complete & Unabridged by Daphne Du Maurier
The Scapegoat: Complete & Unabridged by Daphne Du Maurier
Publisher: Chivers Audio Bks | 2000 | ISBN-10: 0745141323 | ISBN-13: 978 0745141329 | English | MP3 CBR 32 kbps | Lenght: 12:47:00 | 188.23 Mb
Publisher: Chivers Audio Bks | 2000 | ISBN-10: 0745141323 | ISBN-13: 978 0745141329 | English | MP3 CBR 32 kbps | Lenght: 12:47:00 | 188.23 Mb
Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of "artfully compulsive storytelling," The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.
Ever since Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier has regularly disconcerted those critics who seem to assume that, to be great, a writer must be dull, obscure, and pretentious. The Scapegoat, which is none of these, is both an unashamed best-seller and by any test, a great novel. The extraordinary story takes hold of the reader and never lets go; the setting in a French chateau in these times is wholly real; the prose is simple and assured; and finally, the characters speak, act, and react precisely as they would have done in that family network of hatred, deceit, and jealousy. In particular the portrait of a neurotic child is exquisitely drawn. By an intriguing device the role of scapegoat for the sins of a charming, idle, and destructive French aristocrat and his family is thrust upon a lonely English traveller. His personality sets off a series of dramatic reactions, in which the author reveals a perfect comprehension of the chemistry of human nature.
10 Audio Cassettes
Reader: Paul Shelley
About the Author
In many ways the life of Daphne du Maurier resembles that of a fairy tale. Born into a family with a rich artistic and historical background, the daughter of a famous actor-manager, she was indulged as a child and grew up enjoying enormous freedom from financial and parental restraint. She spent her youth sailing boats, travelling on the Continent with friends, and writing stories. A prestigious publishing house accepted her first novel when she was in her early twenties, and its publication brought her not only fame but the attentions of a handsome soldier, Major (later Lieutenant-General Sir) Frederick Browning, who married her.
General
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Comment : [Kingston]. Denon - no dolby. EQ'd to supress high's. / By chance, two men - one English, the other French - meet in a provincial railway station. Their physical resemblance is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John, the Englishman, falls into a drunken stupour. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, his French companion has stolen his identity and disappeared. So John steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing. Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.
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Complete name : D:\My Documents\The.Scapegoat.Daphne.du.Maurier\01_The_Scapegoat.mp3
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 13.3 MiB
Duration : 57mn 59s
Overall bit rate : 32.0 Kbps
Album/Performer : Daphne du Maurier
Track name : 01_The_Scapegoat
Performer : Daphne du Maurier
Writing library : LAME3.93UUUUUUUUUUU
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpg
Comment : [Kingston]. Denon - no dolby. EQ'd to supress high's. / By chance, two men - one English, the other French - meet in a provincial railway station. Their physical resemblance is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John, the Englishman, falls into a drunken stupour. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, his French companion has stolen his identity and disappeared. So John steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles - as owner of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a fractious family, and master of nothing. Gripping and complex, The Scapegoat is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Layer 3
Duration : 58mn 16s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 32.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 22.05 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Replay gain : -1.51 dB
Replay gain peak : 0.734237
Stream size : 13.3 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.93UUUUUUUUUUU
MP3Gain, Min/Max : 120,180
MP3Gain, Undo : -002,-002,N
The Scapegoat: Complete & Unabridged by Daphne Du Maurier
