Spence, curious as to what is going on in his absence, returns to the house to retrieve his gun and sees Standing sleeping with Frances. The Englishman is a single, rather lonely academic, and he finds himself caught up in all the intrigues and passions of his double's complex family. [2] Filming on The Scapegoat began in London in November 2011. He is quickly drawn into family and business affairs and is forced to deal with Spence's business problems and the women in his life: his wife, mother, sister, young daughter, and two mistresses (Spence's sister-in-law Nina, and Bela, a French artist who lives in the nearby town). What ensues is how he is swept into the count’s complicated intrigues and family life. . As scapegoat, I could only bear the fault.”, “Years of study, years of training, the fluency with which I spoke their language, taught their history, described their culture, had never brought me closer to the people themselves.”, “Do you know so little about children, Monsieur Jean,’ she asked, ‘that you imagine, because they don’t cry, therefore they feel nothing? It was also the basis of a film broadcast in 2012 starring Matthew Rhys and written and directed by Charles Sturridge. Required fields are marked *. John tries to tell Jean his family has changed, but he ignores him and rejoins his family. You might also enjoy: Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier . . Standing returns to the house, intending to disappear, but is dissuaded by Charlotte, who has seen through him. His French companion was gone; John had been trapped into taking the place of the Comte de Gué, head of a large family — master of a château. Jean admits that in a strange way he missed his family, and the two lookalikes exchange clothes again. Beneath the surface of this immensely exciting plot, Miss du Maurier has filled her novel with human significance. While Standing is out at a shooting party lunch with the rest of the family, Spence manipulates Frances into taking an overdose of morphine so that he can claim the trust fund and save the glass business. Bemused, they spend an evening together and the British man, John, wakes up to find himself now … But John deals better with Jean’s life than Jean has been dealing with it, while Jean—well, Jean had his own reasons for disappearing and leaving an imposter in his place. Her characters are linked by dependency, hostilely, old hatreds, and money. John calls Carvalet and agrees to accept their terms. Jean thinks John wants to stay at the chateau for the money and comfort, but John reveals he has grown to love the family, and that he knows about Duval. The sky had glories enough, but not the soil.”, “The good monks are waiting upon eternity, they can wait a few more hours for you.”, “One had no right to play about with people’s lives. Amazed that John managed to keep up the deception for seven days, Jean mocks his attempts to take his mother off morphine and reconcile Renée and Paul's marriage. Almost twenty years earlier, Rebecca had rocketed to bestsellerdom and made the du Maurier name synonymous with romance. John confronts Blanche and tries to apologize for Jean, but she angrily brings up his mockery of her and Duval's relationship, and his jealousy when their father made Duval head of the verrerie. “It was no chance resemblance — no superficial likeness — it was as though one man stood there.”. . “The story takes place over one very intense week, in which everything changes. See also: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier . Evidently, Jean was unwilling to go home. Believing Jean must have acted wrongly to want to escape this life, John spends the following week trying to make things right. He felt himself a failure. Her daughter, "Piglet," sees them together and confronts Standing, still mistaking him for her father. The next day, John gets a telephone call from the real Jean de Gué, who declares his imminent return. ), The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier (1969), Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier (1972), The Loving Spirit by Daphne du Maurier (1931), Quotes from My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (1951), Literary Ladies Guide to the Writing Life. She becomes suspicious about his sudden concern for the verrerie and its workforce. Two men—one English, the other French—meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Suspecting suicide, John questions Jean's mother and learns that Françoise knew of Jean's affairs; she feared that Jean, Renée, Béla, and the mother all wanted her out of the way, and Marie-Noel's disappearance (an apparent sign that she had turned against Françoise as well) was the last straw. John, an English lecturer in French history, is on holiday in France. He finds that Spence's younger brother, Paul, is capable but lacking in confidence, whilst his sister, Blanche, hates Johnny, whom she blames for the suicide of her close friend. It was broadcast on ITV on 9 September 2012. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. His alter ego, Jean de Gué, was a count with a castle he didn’t care for, a marriage he called a trap, “too many possessions — human ones.” The ate and drank together, the wily Frenchman feeling out his double. Marie-Noel goes missing, and everyone but Françoise searches for her. John, an English academic, is compelled by Count Jean de Gué into switching places with him. The Scapegoat is a 1957 novel by Daphne du Maurier.In 1959, it was made into a film of the same name, starring Sir Alec Guinness.It was also the basis of a film broadcast in 2012 starring Matthew Rhys and written and directed by Charles Sturridge. Du Maurier’s skill creates as much suspense in The Scapegoat as it did in Rebecca. She reassures him the family will be different now, even if Jean tries to undo what John did. . Lamenting that his feelings of failure led to a doomed love, John leaves and resolves to follow his original path to the Abbey de la Grande Trappe. Astonished, he uses their (John and Frances') improved relationship to his advantage. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place—as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets. This is a book about getting what you want and coping with it, about identity, about belonging. One should not interfere with their emotions. He also recommends that Paul go travelling with Renée, hoping to mend their marriage. John passes out; when he awakes, Jean has disappeared, and a chauffeur mistakes him for Jean. . The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1957, was one of the British author’s successful mid-career novels, coming after Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, and My Cousin Rachel. Hailed by the New York Times as a masterpiece of "artfully compulsive storytelling," The Scapegoat brings us Daphne du Maurier at the very top of her form.

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