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(0)Daphne Du Maurier
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English
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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 Philip grows to love Ambrose's grand estate as much as he does. But the cozy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip...
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 Philip grows to love Ambrose's grand estate as much as he does. But the cozy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Born in turn of the century Cornwall, Janet Coombe longs to share in the excitement of seafaring: to travel, to have adventures, to know freedom. But constrained by the times, she marries her cousin Thomas, a boat builder, and settles down to raise a family.
Janet's loving spirit — her passionate yearning for adventure and love — is passed down to her son, and through him to his children's children. As generations of the family struggle against...
Janet's loving spirit — her passionate yearning for adventure and love — is passed down to her son, and through him to his children's children. As generations of the family struggle against...
3) Jamaica inn
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Language
English
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The inn loomed menacingly against the dark, rain-swept November sky. Mary Yellan, young and innocent, suspects nothing until she walks inside its cold embrace. What evil has turned her aunt into a frightened crone? What midnight crimes make Jamaica Inn a place to be avoided by all good men?
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Daphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century. In books like Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn she transformed the small dramas of everyday life -- love, grief, jealousy -- into the stuff of nightmares. Less known, though no less powerful, are her short stories, in which she gave free rein to her imagination in narratives of unflagging suspense. Patrick McGrath’s revelatory new selection...
8) Rebecca
Series
Criterion collection volume 135
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
A shy young bride is neglected by her morose husband who seems to be still obsessed with his deceased first wife.
9) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Set in Cornwall in 1820, du Maurier's classic gothic tale of romance, intrigue, and murder on the moors comes to vivid life in this enchanting production that aired on the BBC in 2014.
10) Don't look now
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
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A married couple takes an extended trip to Venice following a family tragedy. While in that elegantly decaying city, they have a series of inexplicable, terrifying, and increasingly dangerous experiences.
11) Rebecca
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Series
Everyman's library volume 381
Language
English
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"The only hardcover edition of the beloved, internationally best-selling gothic mystery. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS. The unassuming young heroine of Rebecca finds her life changed overnight when she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome and wealthy widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Rescuing her from an overbearing employer, de Winter whisks her off to Manderley, his isolated estate on the windswept Cornish...