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The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat
Author: Daphne du Maurier
"Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me too well. — I was looking at myself." — Two men--one English, th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780881844092
ISBN-10: 0881844098
Publication Date: 6/1988
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Publisher: Carroll Graf Pub
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 4
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My first time reading a Daphne du Maurier (even though I have a degree in ENglish!). Her writing style and descriptive technique and character development that was sufficient without being over done. Because I speak French, and have visited the French countryside where this took place, I could easily relate to the setting and characters. However, fellow book club members had a more difficult time understanding the characters.
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An English teacher touring France discovers his doppelganger in a French count. In a play on twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" the count arranges that they exchange places: a rather one-sided decision. Royalty, it seems, has made a mess of everything and wants out; teacher, dissatisfied with his life resigns himself to play along. So, all is well in Mudville until royalty finds it convenient to reassume his life. Du Maurier has created a real sociological masterpiece which no aficionado should ignore.


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