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The Birds And Other Stories
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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Format: Paperback / softback
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The Birds And Other Stories
This collection of short stories enabled du Maurier's devoted readership to see her, for the first time in a very different guise . . . as an exponent of the sinister and macabre.
* Review and feature coverage anticipated across the national press and women's magazines * Featured on the Virago website * POS available
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The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to Menabilly Barton farm from the house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field whilst above him the seagulls were diving and wheeling. She developed an idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him.
In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food—first the seagulls, then birds of prey, and finally even small birds—all turn against mankind. The nightmarish vision appealed to Hitchcock, who turned it into the celebrated film.
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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Daphne du Maurier is praised for her remarkable imagination and her ability to evoke both pity and terror. She is celebrated as one of the most original literary talents of the last century, known for crafting exciting plots and her fearless originality in writing.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781844080878
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 May 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Contributors:
- Introduction by David Thompson
- Introduction by David Thompson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 210g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Daphne du Maurier was born in 1906 and educated at home and in Paris. She began writing in 1928, and many of her bestselling novels were set in Cornwall, where she lived for most of her life. She was made a DBE in 1969 and died in 1989.
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