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Daphne du Maurier
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Don't Look Now and Other Stories
Автор: Daphne du Maurier Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20122013-09-24
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The 1970s was a decade of anger and discontent. Britain endured power cuts and strikes. America pulled out of Vietnam and saw its President resign from office. Feminism and face lifts vied for women's hearts (and minds). And prog rock, punk and disco weren't just music but for some were ways of life. Daphne du Maurier's «Don't Look Now» was published in 1971 and became a haunting film in 1973. It describes a young couple who travel to Venice to try and escape the pain of their daughter's death. Instead of laying their ghosts to rest, however, they find themselves caught up in a series of increasingly strange and violent events, in a brilliant meditation on loss, fear and fate.
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The Breaking Point: Short Stories
Автор: Daphne du Maurier Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20112012-09-14
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'The apathy of Sunday lay upon the streets. Houses were closed, withdrawn. They don't know, he thought, those people inside, how one gesture of mine, now, at this minute, might alter their world. A knock on the door, and someone answers? A woman yawning, an old man in carpet slippers, a child sent by its parents in irritation; and according to what I will, what I decide, their whole future will be decided... Sudden murder. Theft. Fire. It was as simple as that. ' In this collection of suspenseful tales in which fantasies, murderous dreams and half-forgotten worlds are exposed, Daphne du Maurier explores the boundaries of reality and imagination. Her characters are caught at those moments when the delicate link between reason and emotion has been stretched to the breaking point. Often chilling, sometimes poignant, these stories display the full range of Daphne du Maurier's considerable talent.
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Rebecca
Автор: Daphne du Maurier Жанр: Pearson Издательство: Pearson Год: 2008 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20102010-07-21
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Classic / British English (Available February 2008) After the death of his beautiful wife Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall. But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the new marriage?
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