House on the shore

"The House on the Beach" is one of the latest novels by the English writer Daphne Du Maurier, whose name is known all over the world. As with many of Du Maurier's works, including such famous works as Rebecca, The Jamaica Inn and Cousin Rachel, the novel is set in Cornwall, where most of the writer's life was spent. Dick Young comes to an old house on the bay, hoping to relax there from the bustle of London life. The mansion belongs to his longtime friend Magnus Lane, a professor of biophysics. In exchange for hospitality, Magnus asks Dick to experience the effects of the “elixir” he created, which, as the professor assures, has the very unusual property of connecting the past and the future. The other world into which Dick plunges turns out to be much more real than the life he has led so far...