![]() But soon John doesn't want to leave this new life and if Jean were to decide to return, what would happen?ĭaphne Du Maurier has always employed doubling and duality in her writing, but never so obviously as in The Scapegoat. The bachelor now has a pregnant wife, a daughter, a mother, mistresses, and a complicated life. Without really knowing what drives him to it John takes on Jean's life. The night is spent drinking and talking and come morning Jean is gone with John's identity, leaving the lonely Englishman an encumbered life filled with family and a failing business. The two men, John and Jean, strike up a conversation based on their eerie similarities. In the crowd he sees one face he didn't expect to see. As he gets ready to return to England to teach yet another term at school he looks at all the people and wonders how apart he is from them and if his life of no connections is really a failed life. John has spent yet another holiday in France walking the history that is his passion and his reason for living. To Buy (different edition than one reviewed) ![]() ![]()
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