A collection of 13 stories written by Dame Daphne du Maurier before she was 23 years old, The Doll is a valuable part of the author’s body of work, which includes the modern gothic classic Rebecca. It is comprised of eight stories that were published in a small UK volume called Early Stories and five stories that were published in periodicals during the early 1930s.  It includes stories like And Now To God the Father in which a vicar coaches a young couple divided by class issues, Tame Cat in which an older man falls in love with a much younger woman, and And His Letters Grew Colder a short story told in letters that follows the progression of a relationship through the love letters they send to one another—each story in the collection highlights du Maurier’s deep understanding of human nature.