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After Midnight
Thirteen Chilling Tales for the Dark Hours
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A stunning new hardback collection of Daphne du Maurier's thirteen darkest stories - introduced by international bestseller Stephen King. 'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await' - Stephen King 'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it' - Sarah...
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Thirteen deliciously uncanny stories from the iconic pen of Daphne du Maurier, brought together in a new hardback collection for the first time.
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A stunning new hardback collection of Daphne du Maurier's thirteen darkest stories - introduced by international bestseller Stephen King.
'Her talent is a bright light that will guide you. These remarkable stories await' - Stephen King
'A marvellously dark, unsettling collection. I loved it' - Sarah Waters
'Unputdownable . . . After Midnight promises to never let you sleep again' - Lucy Rose
'Daphne du Maurier is the Godmother of Fear' - Alice Slater
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On a sharp December day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather.
In the twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple catch a glimpse of their lost child.
A woman returns home to find no trace of her existence.
From the inimitable imagination of Daphne du Maurier, these thirteen stories pierce to the dark heart of our relationships: between men and women, humanity and nature, love and obsession, the future and the past. Uncanny, provocative and spine-crawlingly terrifying, these tales will keep you up long after midnight. Whatever you do, don't look now . . .
Praise for Daphne du Maurier:'Masterful, troubling and wickedly seductive' - Sarah Perry
'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction' - Maggie O'Farrell
'She was able to make worlds in which people and even houses are mysterious and mutable, not as they seem' - Olivia Laing
'The master of slow-burning menace' - Stacey Halls
'Daphne du Maurier remains the indisputable queen of the sophisticated literary thriller . . . often imitated and never, ever surpassed' - Laura Shepperson
'A glittering collection of dark gems . . . Du Maurier was the queen of creepiness, and a writer of extraordinary talent. These stories will introduce you to her dark imaginings and keep you up well into the night. Do have nightmares. They'll be good ones' - Anna Mazzola
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780349019543
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 30 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Contributors:
- Introduction by Stephen King
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 52.0mm
Width: 158.0mm
Height: 236.0mm
Weight: 924g
Pages: 624
About the Author
Daphne du Maurier (1907-89) began writing short stories and articles in 1928, and achieved widespread recognition in 1931 with her first novel, The Loving Spirit. A biography and three other novels followed, including Jamaica Inn, but it was her 1938 novel Rebecca that catapulted du Maurier into international fame. An instant bestseller, it made her one of the most popular authors of her day and was adapted into an acclaimed film by Alfred Hitchcock. When she died in 1989, she left behind a remarkable literary legacy, and remains one of the most influential and beloved authors of the twentieth century.
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