Now more than 80 years after the young author penned The Doll, it will be published in a collection of Du Maurier's other rare stories.

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Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that he took a plastic doll to a soothsayer, saying it was a child with eating problems and physical disabilities.

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And Ms Collis thinks the doll's appeal won't be limited to the pre-teen market - it could become a workplace mascot for female tech support staff.

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