Fowey

British

/ fɔɪ /

noun

a resort and fishing village in SW England, in Cornwall, linked administratively with St Austell from 1968 to 1974. Pop: 2064 (2001)

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For Daphne du Maurier, Fowey struck a chord.

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Daphne du Maurier described seeing the old boatyard at Bodinnick, near Fowey, for the first time at the age of 19 as: "Here was the freedom I desired, long sought for, not yet known."

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In her novel Rebecca, du Maurier reimagined Menabilly, the house near Fowey she lived in as the heroine's home, Manderley.

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While Fowey featured in nearly all her work, Ann Willmore, who manages the du Maurier website, said "it was a total transformation moment because she suddenly saw the place that she wanted to be and the place as a piece to write".

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The 28-year-old, who grew up in Cornwall and learned to row on the River Fowey, had been picked for the men's eight at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo before they were postponed because of the global pandemic.

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