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The Breaking Point is a collection of eight short stories by Daphne du Maurier first published in 1959 by Victor Gollancz in the UK and Doubleday in the US. It has also been published under the title The Blue Lenses and Other Stories. The stories Read More..

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Description	The Breaking Point is a collection of eight short stories by Daphne du Maurier first published in 1959 by Victor Gollancz in the UK and Doubleday in the US. It has also been published under the title The Blue Lenses and Other Stories. The stories were written at a time when du Maurier herself came close to a severe nervous breakdown and reflect her own psychological stress. Du Maurier herself acknowledged she had come close to madness immediately before she wrote them; and they were part of her cure – "the means by which she wrote herself back to sanity".Introduction to Virago edition publ. 2009 by Sally Beauman The original book had illustrations before each story by Margot Tomes.
Description	The Breaking Point is a collection of eight short stories by Daphne du Maurier first published in 1959 by Victor Gollancz in the UK and Doubleday in the US. It has also been published under the title The Blue Lenses and Other Stories. The stories were written at a time when du Maurier herself came close to a severe nervous breakdown and reflect her own psychological stress. Du Maurier herself acknowledged she had come close to madness immediately before she wrote them; and they were part of her cure – "the means by which she wrote herself back to sanity".Introduction to Virago edition publ. 2009 by Sally Beauman The original book had illustrations before each story by Margot Tomes.

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Name	The Breaking Point
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Authors	Daphne du Maurier
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	287 (UK)
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Media_type	Print
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Oclc	3047815
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Publisher	Gollancz (UK)Doubleday (US)
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Pub_date	1959
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Release_date	1959
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