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'There was Manderley, our Manderley, secretive and silent as it had always been...Time itself could not wreck the perfect symmetry of those walls, nor the site itself, a jewel in the hollow of a hand.' When Maxim de Winter brings his shy new bride to his beautiful stately home on the Cornwall...

“Du Maurier is in a class by herself.” —New York Times Perhaps best known for her immortal gothic masterwork Rebecca—the basis for the Academy Award-winning motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock—Daphne de Maurier began her illustrious writing career penning short stories. In The...

Eine unscheinbare junge Frau trifft auf den attraktiven Witwer Maxim de Winter. Der ist ein bekanntes Gesicht der britischen Upper Class, noch in Trauer um seine glamouröse erste Frau Rebecca. Die beiden heiraten und das frischgetraute Paar zieht auf Maxims herrschaftliches Anwesen Manderley. Und was der glückliche Beginn einer jungen Ehe sein könnte, entpuppt sich als albtraumhafte Beziehung zu dritt: Maxim, die zunehmend verzweifelte "zweite Mrs. de Winter" und die übermächtige tote Vorgängerin.

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter zieht sie zu ihrer Tante Patience und deren Mann Joss, Wirt des fiktiven Jamaica Inn. Tatsächlich ist Onkel Joss ein unberechenbarer Tyrann, für dessen üble Machenschaften sich auch Friedensrichter Bassat interessiert. Im Gasthaus verkehrt eine Schmugglerbande - und Joss' zwielichtiger Bruder Jem, ein Pferdedieb, in den Mary sich nichtsdestotrotz verliebt.

Große Mengen Vögel sammeln sich über der See und in der folgenden Nacht über seinem Haus. Nat wird attackiert. Im Dorf nimmt den Vorfall niemand weiter ernst. Die Vögel werden aggressiver, riesige Schwärme Möwen, Krähen und sogar Spatzen formieren sich und greifen mit offenbar tödlicher Absicht an – mittlerweile in ganz England. Die Regierung erklärt den Ausnahmezustand. Nat verbarrikadiert sich mit seiner Familie im Haus.

Nadie que conozca la película basada en esta novela podrá olvidar la voz en off que recita la frase inicial de la obra más lograda de Daphne du Maurier: Rebeca. Así comienzan los recuerdos de la segunda señora De Winter, que la transportan de nuevo a la aislada y gris mansión situada en la húmeda y ventosa costa de Cornualles. Con un marido al que apenas conoce, la joven esposa llega a este inmenso predio para ser inexorablemente ahogada por la fantasmal presencia de la primera señora De Winter, la hermosa Rebeca, muerta pero nunca olvidada.

A comprehensive collection of dramatisations of Daphne du Maurier’s works 'Containing performances from well-known actors from past and present, Daphne du Maurier: The BBC Radio Collection is a rich feast for all fans of the writer's work.' - Entertainment Focus Daphne du Maurier was one of...

Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as a guinea pig for a new drug that Magnus has discovered in his scientific research. When Dick samples Magnus's potion, he finds himself doing the impossible: traveling through time...

By chance, John and Jean -- one English, the other French -- meet in a provincial railway station. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he...

From the author of Rebecca and The Birds: a classic thriller of shipwreck and murder, "rich in suspense and surprise" (New York Times Book Review). On a bitter November evening, young Mary Yellan journeys across the rainswept moors to Jamaica Inn in honor of her mother's dying request. When she...

Daphne du Maurier's classic novel of lust, suspicion, and obsession that inspired major motion picture starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin. Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, and...

A classic work of historical fiction from the author of Rebecca and The Birds. Honor Harris is only eighteen when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, reckless — and utterly captivating. But following a riding accident, Honor must reconcile herself to a life alone. As the English Civil war...

This "highly personalized adventure, ultra-romantic" story tells the tale of a woman looking for adventure, only to find it in the arms a rebellious criminal (New York Times). Bored and restless in London's Restoration Court, Lady Dona escapes into the British countryside with her restlessness...

From Daphne du Maurier, “a writer of fearless originality” (The Guardian), comes a collection of her thirteen most mesmerizing tales—including iconic stories such as “The Birds” and “Don’t Look Now”—with an introduction by Stephen King. Daphne du Maurier is best known for...