HUNGRY HILL

Hungry Hill is a novel by prolific British author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1943. It was her seventh novel; 33 editions have since been printed, the last in 2008. In 1943, it was published in the UK by Gollancz and by Doubleday in the US. Using the Doubleday plates, Toronto's Ryerson Press published it for Canada. So this is a copy of the first Canadian edition, and the fourth printing overall.

This family saga is based on the history of the Irish ancestors of du Maurier's friend Christopher Puxley, whose family owned mines in County Cork. The story spans from 1820 to 1920 and follows five male characters from a family of Anglo-Irish landowners, the Brodricks, who live in a castle called Clonmere. It is divided into five sub-books and an epilogue. Each section covers part of the life of an heir. Obviously, it was a huge best-seller, and has remained popular (it was made into a film in 1947).

This book is in excellent condition. It has clean bright green cloth covers with minor wear to the edges and a beige design on the spine. From the endpaper to page 7, there is a tiny brown mark on the page. Someone has written one word and the date 1946 on the front endpaper. The spine has yellowed with time. Other than that, it's clean and clear.

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