Advantages: Short stories - ideal for bed time or your lunch hour Disadvantages: None
...ago. I tried to read the novel then, but could not get into it at all.
So, last year, in preparation for my summer holiday, I browsed the local discount bookshop for some holiday reads, and decided to have a go at Rebecca again. This time I couldn't put it down. Its just as dark as the film, and because of the gap between watching the film and reading the book, the conclusion was a complete surprise to me. Great stuff.
So, having now become a Daphne ... ...more of her books - the most recent being 'The Birds and Other Stories', fist published in 1952. I was particularily drawn to this, because firstly I didn't realise that this was the inspiration for yet another Hitchcock film, and because I love the art of an author being able to grab your attention and write a memorable story in so few pages.
So the book starts with a short biography on Du Maurier who died in 1989 having written numerous novels, ...
angelatawn 22.03.2005
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Advantages: Short, stunning, spooky! Six whole stories, bargain! Disadvantages: Six just isn't enough! (and my review is as long as them all!)
...opinion) films 'Rebecca' come from the accomplished pen of Daphne Du Maurier, and also his little less impressive 'Jamaica Inn', but, slightly less well known is the fact that one of his best known thrillers 'The Birds' was actually a reworking of a short story by Du Maurier. This edition brings together the original short story on which the film was based and 5 other stories, all with the same atmospheric, and just a little bit scary, quality. Here ... ...thought.
THE BIRDS (1)
Set around a small family in Cornwal (Mum, Dad, 2 kids) this is probably the most powerful, and definately my favourite, story in the collection. Life is quiet for the small family until one day the father notices some strange behaviour from the local wildlife. As the days go on and communications fail, the situation grows steadily worse...
I love this story - if you only know the film try to set that aside before you read ...
daisydaisym 14.09.2005 (15.09.2005)
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