The Birds And Other Stories

By:

Daphne Du Maurier

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Virago Modern Classics

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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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date NZ

May 6th, 2004

Author

Daphne Du Maurier

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Introduction by David Thompson

Pages

256

Series

Virago Modern Classics

Dimensions

133x198x17

ISBN-13

9781844080878

Product ID

1707870

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