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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
[...] For me, the reason that Magnus and Dick see the same people when they take the drug, is because they are in that place, where this story with its strong passions and violence was played out. The landscape itself was a player in the story, and of course its changes made it dangerous to walk through when “lost to the world”.
The Cornish landscape was very important to du Maurier, and something she cared about greatly. One of her non-fiction books is called Vanishing Cornwall.
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I agree that the landscape is an important part of the story. Yes it was dangerous, but it seems to me it must rank as one of the safest places in England to have your mind and body wander around 600 years apart. Where else in England could they have gotten away with it for even one journey?
Now, if du Maurier had set the story in Australia the journeys could have been epic!
