A Series of Reviews looking at Daphne du Maurier Books – written by Eva Leung
1). Julius
An image of a hardback edition of The Progress of Julius dated 1958
The currently available edition of Julius, published by Virago in the UK
In June 2019, to mark 30 years since the death of Daphne du Maurier, an international conference took place in Le Mans, France. Daphne du Maurier: A Critical Reassessment - An International Interdisciplinary Conference was organised by du Maurier authorities, Xavier Lachaise and Anne Hall, and Nicole Cloarec. A number of du Maurier experts spoke on a range of subjects relating to the life and works of Daphne du Maurier. Two of them, Setara Pracha and Eva Leung, have written for the Daphne du Maurier website as well. In 2023, Eva Leung generously agreed to us including her paper from the conference, The Beginning of the End: the Prologue and Epilogues of 'Hungry Hill' and 'The Glass-Blowers', on the Daphne du Maurier website https://www.dumaurier.org/menu_page.php?id=224.
Eva Leung is currently a College Senior Lecturer at HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College. She received her PhD in English from the University of Hong Kong, and her doctoral research is on the novels by Daphne du Maurier, with a particular focus on narratology and the relationship between the Tale and the Reader. Her research interests include the novel, contemporary fiction, popular writing, creative writing, and women's writing. Outside of academia, she is a freelance harpist for a variety of events, including weddings, funerals/memorials, company events, birthday banquets, retirement parties, and other music projects.
Recently, Eva has been working on some reviews of Daphne du Maurier's books, pitching them at non-academics by writing them for people who may not have read her works before and by keeping them short and simple. Eve feels that Daphne du Maurier's works as modern classics should be more popular, and she tries to promote her other brilliant works that can get overshadowed by Rebecca.
Today, we bring you Eva's first review, which discusses Daphne du Maurier's third novel, Julius.
To read this review, please go to the Daphne du Maurier Website, Books and Play Reviews page, or click here: https://www.dumaurier.org/menu_page.php?id=235.