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The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat
Author: Daphne du Maurier
They stood before a mirror. Jean, the Frenchman and John, the Englishman. They were as alike as identical twins. Amazed by the resemblance, they had dinner together. During the evening John was drugged. The next morning John awakened in a strange hotel with the clothes and identification papers of his "twin". John was no longer a professor in an...  more »
ISBN: 322603
Publication Date: 10/1966
Pages: 329
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Publisher: Pocket Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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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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