DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A good A.L.S., Daphne, three pages, 8vo, Fowey, Cornwall, 12th November 1942, to Victor Gollancz ('Dear V.G.'). Du Maurier announces 'I'm on the last lap of the novel, and although everybody in the house seems to have 'flu at the moment….I do hope to have finished the book by the first week in December' and continues 'I dread telling you, but according to my reckoning it is about 160,000 words already. Say 170,000 when finished! What will you say to me? I may be out in my arithmatic (sic) but not very far so. I've done 500 pages of typescript and generally get about 320 words to a page' further adding 'I may be able to cut when correcting the MS, but even if I do, it will still be a lengthy book' and concluding 'Under the circumstances I have not the face to ask you for nice paper, but I am so afraid that small print will make it look so boring and put people off!' A letter of good content relating to Du Maurier's seventh novel. A couple of small pinholes to the upper left corner of each page, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, otherwise VG Victor Gollancz (1893-1967) British Publisher. The present letter relates to Du Maurier's seventh novel, Hungry Hill, which was published by Gollancz in 1943. The historical novel, of which 33 editions have been printed, is based on the family and history of the Irish ancestors of Du Maurier's friend Christopher Puxley.