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In het huwelijksleven van een oudere man en een jong meisje doet de invloed ten kwade van de eerste vrouw zich gelden via haar vroegere kamenier en vertrouwde.

Aan het sterfbed van haar moeder belooft Mary Yellan dat ze niet in haar eentje op de boerderij in Helford zal achterblijven, maar bij haar tante in Cornwall gaat wonen. De jonge Mary weet nog niet dat haar tante inmiddels is getrouwd met Joss, de waard van een oude, afgelegen herberg, de Jamaica Inn. Mary begrijpt ook niet wat de koetsier die haar naar de herberg brengt, bedoelt als hij haar toevertrouwt dat fatsoenlijke mensen niet in de herberg komen. Tot Mary erachter komt dat haar oom de leider is van vreemde lieden die zich bezighouden niet duistere zaken die het daglicht niet kunnen velen...

Een Italiaan die na jaren terugkeert in zijn geboortestadje, komt opnieuw in de ban van zijn doodgewaande broer die een grote en naar het schijnt dubbelzinnige rol speelt bij de voorbereiding van de jaarlijkse universitaire feestelijkheden.

Tegen het einde van de achttiende eeuw ondergaat Europa ingrijpende veranderingen door de Franse Revolutie van 1789, die de absolute monarchie ten val brengt en de Eerste Franse Republiek uitroept. Deze omwenteling leidt tot de afschaffing van het feodale systeem en de privileges van adel en geestelijkheid, met als nieuwe motto Vrijheid, gelijkheid en broederschap. Deze constitutionele en ideologische hervormingen gaan gepaard met burgeroorlog en terreur. In deze historische context vertelt Daphne du Maurier in haar in 1963 gepubliceerde roman de geschiedenis van de glasblazersfamilie Busson. De lezer krijgt een inkijkje in de fascinerende wereld van het glasblazersgilde, maar het verhaal is ook een reflectie van Du Mauriers eigen familiegeschiedenis. De vijf kinderen van Mathurin en Magdaleine Busson navigeren door een wereld van vakmanschap, tradities en hiërarchie. Het verhaal wordt verteld door de oudste dochter Sophie, die de kalmte en verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel van haar moeder heeft geërfd. Terwijl haar broers en zus zich inzetten voor de Revolutie, blijft haar oudste broer Robert gefocust op sociale status, wat hem dwingt om Frankrijk te ontvluchten en zijn geluk in Engeland te zoeken. Uiteindelijk blijken de familiebanden sterker dan politieke tegenstellingen, symbolisch weergegeven door een gegraveerde bokaal die van generatie op generatie wordt doorgegeven.

A happily married woman commits suicide for no apparent reason; a young man tries to break some important news to the beautiful girl he had hoped to marry; a con girl plays the same bold game too often and a novelist embarks on a romantic adventure but is woefully disappointed. In all these stories, glimpses into personal lives are vividly portrayed, but they are all written with warmth and are wonderfully evocative.

Beautiful, mysterious, Cornwall exerts a potent spell on all who visit it.

"Prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew."-"New York Times"

Menabilly was the du Maurier house in Cornwall.Oriel Malet has published the letters she received from Daphne over a 30-year span with links of her own thoughts.

Includes: The King's General, The House on the Strand, The Glass Blowers, Don't Look Now and other Short Stories. 8 complete stories from one of Britain's most famous authors.

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to explore the connections of lived realities - including boredom, trauma, denial of death, and suicidal impulses - to the meaning of life and belief in God. Williams describes both how to acquire meaning and obstacles to its acquisition.

In an age of poets and privateers, perfumed coutiers and scheming monarchs, three of the most extraordinary men in history played out their dashing roles against the tumultuous background of Queen Elizabeth's England. Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor, friend of kings and scholars, was perhaps the most billiant man of the realm. His brother, Anthony Bacon, survived scandal to become masterspy for the Crown. Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex and England's greatest hero, was betrayed into dishonor by his beloved but tempestuous queen....An absorbing historical saga

The London Gay Teenage Group was a unique and ground-breaking youth group. It emerged in the heady days of the late 1970s and achieved registration as an official youth club catering mainly for gay and lesbian young people, at a time when gay male sex was still totally illegal for anyone aged under 21.

This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.

Book by Du Maurier, Daphne

A novel set in Cornwall at the time of Charles II, which tells the story of the relationship between a beautiful and capricious lady and a dangerous but attractive French pirate.

How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew . . . ' A classic of alienation and horror, 'The Birds' was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's sense of dominance over the natural world. The mountain paradise of 'Monte Verità' promises immortality, but at a terrible price; a neglected wife haunts her husband in the form of an apple tree; a professional photographer steps out from behind the camera and into his subject's life; a date with a cinema usherette leads to a walk in the cemetery; and a jealous father finds a remedy when three's a crowd . . .

[ Penguin Readers Level 2 ] 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.

When people play the Name three or four persons whom you would choose to have with you on a desert island - they never choose the Delaneys. They don't even choose us one by one as individuals. We have earned, not always fairly we consider, the reputation of being difficult guests . . . Maria, Niall, and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents - their father, a flamboyant singer and their mother, a talented dancer. Now pursuing their own creative dreams, all three siblings feel an undeniable bond, but it is Maria and Niall who share the secret of their parents' pasts. Alternately comic and poignant, The Parasites is based on the artistic milieu its author knew best, and draws the reader effortlessly into that magical world.

Der Horror, den die Vögel in dem kleinen Küstenort Bodega Bay verbreiten, ist seit Hitchcocks Verfilmung jedem Leser gegenwärtig. Aber natürlich ist da auch noch das Drama zwischen Mitch, Melanie und Anne. Und die Frage des Überlebens bleibt offen. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.

John and Laura are on holiday in Venice, but it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose.

Gripping and complex, this is a masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self.

Both her novels and her non-fiction reveal Daphne du Maurier's overwhelming desire to explore her family's history. In Myself When Young, based on diaries that she kept from 1920-1932, the most famous du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her first book and her subsequent marriage. Here, the writer is open and sometimes painfully honest about the difficult relationship with her father; her education in Paris; early love affairs; her antipathy towards London life and the theatre; her intense love for Cornwall and her desperate ambition to succeed as a writer. The resulting portrait is of a captivating and complex character.

Contains: The alibi, The blue lenses, Ganymede, The pool, The archduchess, The menace, The chamois, and The lordly ones.

Alternate cover available here.Honor Harris is only 18 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 Richard rises through the ranks of the army, marries and makes enemies, Honor remains true to him, and finally discovers the secret of Menabilly.

Daphne du Maurier and Cornwall belong together as surely as Hardy and Dorset, or Dickens and Christmas. Miss du Maurier has made Cornwall her home for most of her life and has shown her love and knowledge of all things Cornish in some of her greatest successes, Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, Jamaica Inn and many of her other much-loved books. In this book she and her son Christian Browning, the photographer, chronicle aspects of that legendary peninsula which may not be with us very much longer

The celebrated biography of Gerald du Maurier, last of the great actor- managers, by his daughter.

Hungry Hill' is a passionate story told with du Maurier's unique gift for drama. It follows five generations of an Irish family and the copper mine on Hungry Hill to which their fortunes and fates are so closely bound.

In 'The Doll', a waterlogged notebook is washed ashore. Its pages tell a dark story of obsession and jealousy. But the fate of its narrator is a mystery. Many of the stories in this haunting collection have only recently been discovered. Most were written early in Daphne du Maurier's career, yet they display her mastery of atmosphere, tension and intrigue and reveal a cynicism far beyond her years.

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.

A romantic saga which spans the lives of three generations of Cornish folk. First published in 1931.

A carefully graded series of retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles and specially written stories continue to grow and there are now over 170 titles in the series. Most titles are available with Audio CDs and most include accompanying exercises and glossaries.

A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the Franco-Prussian War, he is soon forced by tragedy to escape France for Algeria. Once there, he learns the ease of swindling, the rewards of love affairs, and the value of secrecy. Cruel and insensitive, Julius claws his way to the top, caring nothing for others--until his daughter, Gabriel, is born. Julius' attachment to her will become his strongest bond--and his greatest weakness.

Cinema audiences all over the world enjoy a good ghost story, and for over half a century stories by the famous writers of supernatural fiction have been adapted for the screen. Classics of the Supernatural brings together the best of these chilling, inspirational tales.Collected here for the first time are short stories and self-contained episodes from works which inspired such classic pictures as The Old Dark House, The Ghost goes West, Dead Of Night, Ghost Story and Beetlejuice. As several of these stories have not appeared in paperback before or have long been out of print, Classics of the Supernatural is a must for anyone who loves a chilling tale.Content (in the book's contents list, movie titles are used):- Halloween's Child (Haunted) by James Herbert- Night Sequence (The Old Dark House) by J.B. Priestley- Sir Tristram Goes West (The Ghost Goes West) by Eric Keown- A Smokey Lady in Knickers (Topper) by Thorne Smith- Samhain (The Uninvited) by Dorothy Macardle- The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy (Dead Of Night) by Gerald Kersh- Casting the Runes (Night Of The Demon) by M.R. James- The Bus (The Haunting) by Shirley Jackson- The Trespassers (The Stone Tape) by Nigel Kneale- Lucy Comes To Stay (Asylum) by Robert Bloch- Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier- Harlequin (Halloween) by John Carpenter- Halley's Passing (Beetlejuice) by Michael McDowell

In a Cornish house lives the widowed Stella, a woman of considerable gifts and beauty who regularly rejects proposals of marriage from her neighbour Robert Hanson. Cherry, Stella's daughter, brings home her artist husband Evan for the first time and Stella is shocked by the bohemian incompleteness of their marriage. She finds herself attracted to Evan and soon they are passionately in although much is left unspoken, Evan eventually compels Stella to admit her feelings.-3 women, 3 men

Dispatch the maimed, the old, the weak, destroy the very world itself, for what is the point of life if the promise of fulfilment lies elsewhere? On the windswept coast of rural Suffolk, a deranged scientist attempts to extract the essence of life itself.

A story about a young writer in Paris who is obsessed by his love for a young music student.

Daphne Du Maurier's story of sex, society and scandal, based on the life of her great-great-grandmother. Cockney girl Mary Anne has known the grinding heel of poverty. Now, with beauty, brains and ambition, and the glittering decadence of Regency London to sustain her, she becomes a Royal mistress.

Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating origins. It began life as the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, the celebrated 'Q', and was passed by his daughter to Daphne du Maurier whose storytelling skills were perfectly suited to the task of completing the old master's tale. The result is this magical, compelling recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, transplanted in time to the Cornwall of the last century. A chance encounter between the Breton onion-seller, Amyot Trestane, and the newly-wed Linnet Lewarne launches their tragic story, taking them in the fateful footsteps of the doomed lovers of Cornish legend ...

Life on Mars, a strange dream, and attacks by murderous birds - these are just some of the subjects of these enjoyable short stories. These stories will surprise and entertain you. And, as in all good stories, you will always find something unexpected at the end!

Rebecca was Daphne du Maurier's most famous and best-loved novel. Countless readers wondered: what happened next? Out of fire-wracked ruins of Manderley, would love and renewal rise phoenix-like from the ashes of the embittered past? Married to the sophisticated, wordly-wise Maxim, the second Mrs de Winter's life should be happy and fulfilled. But the vengeful ghost of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife, continues to cast its long shadow over them. Back in England after an absence of over ten years, it seems as if happiness will at last be theirs. But the de Winters still have to reckon with two hate-consumed figures they once knew - both of whom have very long memories...

Enthält folgende Erzählungen: Der Vielgeliebte, Die Großherzogin, Träum erst wenn es dunkel wird, Engel und Erzengel, Ganymed, Die Zeit heilt alles, Ein Ausrutscher, Kleine Ehedifferenzen, Panik und Primadonna.

Man kennt die Autorin als Verfasserin von Romanen, die immer neue Lesergenerationen begeistern. Mit Büchern wie Rebecca oder Meine Cousine Rachel hat sie sich Weltruhm erschrieben. Aber die noch eindrucksvollere Begabung der Daphne Du Maurier liegt auf einem anderen Gebiet: der Novelle, der klassischen short story. Hier hat sie es zu einer Meisterschaft gebracht, die ihr Vergleiche mit Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant und anderen großen Erzählern eintrugen. Tatsächlich vermag kaum eine heutige Autorin das Hintergründige im Menschen raffinierter und brillanter bloßzulegen. Ein Beweis dafür ist dieser Band. Jede seiner Erzählungen verrät etwas von der Doppelbödigkeit der Wirklichkeit, jedes dieser Kabinnettstücke überrascht durch seine schicksalhafte Pointe: subtile Meisterwerke voll unheimlicher Visionen und Todesdrohungen.

Ein Grenzfall - Erzählungen - bk1788; Büchergilde Gutenberg; Daphne du Maurier; Paperback; 1982

Příběh Emmy, která vyrůstá u své babičky i s jejími šesti adoptovanými dětmi. Británie právě prochází krizí, když sem vtrhnou američani a chtějí uzavřít spojenectví. Omezují tím však místní obyvatele. Každý se s tím vyrovnává po svém, avšak Emmina babička, dříve uznávaná herečka, se s tím vyrovnat odmítá. Naplánuje akci, do které zapojí všechny své přátele, aby zachránili svou vlast.

Das Urlaubsglück eines jungen Ehepaares wird getrübt, als es in Venedig zwei merkwürdigen Schwestern mit übersinnlichen Fähigkeiten begegnet.

City Crimes - Die besten Morde aus den Metropolen - bk1378; Scherz Verlag; Amanda Cross, Colin Dexter, Daphne du Maurier, u.v.a.; pocket_book; 2000

1926, im Alter von neunzehn Jahren entschloß sich Daphne du Maurier das Feriendomizil ihrer Eltern im cornischen Bodinnick nicht mehr zu verlassen. "Wäre es nicht an der Zeit, daß Du nach London zurückkommst", schrieb eine wohlmeinende Tante, "wir können uns nicht vorstellen, was Du in Cornwall mit Dir anfängst. Mummy und Daddy fehlst Du schrecklich."§Aber die junge Autorin blieb ihr Leben lang an dieser Küste, fand hier die Freiheit, die Natur zu genießen, alleine zu sein und zu schreiben. Alle ihre Romane spielen in Cornwall. Cornwall-Reisende sind mit Daphne du Mauriers Buch bestens ausgestattet: Geschichte, Lebensart, Landschaft und Literatur einer der reizvollsten englischen Grafschaften, erzählt von ihrer kundigsten Einwohnerin.

Die Novellen Daphne du Mauriers sind erzählerische Kabinettstücke. Kaum ein heutiger Autor vermag das Unheimliche und Unberechenbare raffinierter und brillanter bloßzulegen. „Sie erweitert die Wirklichkeit um jenen Bereich, der uns sonst nur in Träumen begegnet“, sagte Alfred Hitchcock.

Enthält die Novellen- Das Geleitschiff- Zum Tode erwacht- Das Alibi- Die gespaltene Sekunde

Lady Dona St. Columbová je krásná, svéhlavá a k smrti znuděná svou povrchní londýnskou existencí. Narychlo opouští manžela i prostředí zhýralé šlechty a doufá, že najde vnitřní klid na venkovském panství v Cornwallu. Nemá však tušení, že míří vstříc největšímu dobrodružství svého života. V zátoce poblíž domu totiž kotví francouzská pirátská loď s kapitánem, který je pravým opakem jejího manžela a převrátí její dosavadní život naruby.

Plötzlich an jenem Abend - bk988; Droemer Knaur; Daphne du Maurier; pocket_book; 1978

Abenteuer und Romantik, Moral und Charakter sind die Themen Daphne Du Mauriers. Wie viele ihrer Geschichten spielt auch der 'Kleine Fotograf' in der feinen Gesellschaft. 'Andere Frauen haben Liebhaber.' Dieser Gedanke geht der schönen Marquise nicht aus dem Sinn, während sie sich alleine mit den Kindern am Meer langweilt. Und so bleibt sie gegenüber den Annäherungsversuchen eines glühenden Verehrers nicht gleichgültig. Erst als er sie mit 'unanständigen' Fotos erpreßt, erkennt sie, worauf sie sich eingelassen hat.

Los pájaros Monte Verita El manzano El pequeño fotógrafo Bésame otra vez, desconocido El anciano

Všechny povídky zařazené do této sbírky se představují českým čtenářům poprvé. Daphne du Maurier je napsala před svými třiadvacátými narozeninami, některé v pouhých devatenácti letech. Navzdory jejímu mládí se už zde zřetelně objevují prvky, které ji budou provázet celou spisovatelskou kariéru – mistrovské zachycení mrazivě napjaté atmosféry, plastické vykreslení nitra postav, schopnost umožnit čtenářům, aby se s požitkem nechali unášet rozmanitými vrstvami příběhu. V titulní povídce Loutka moře vyplaví na břeh rozmáčený deník, jehož stránky zachycují temný milostný příběh poznamenaný posedlostí a žárlivostí. Osud pisatele vášnivě zamilovaného do tajemné, chladné Rebeky však zůstává zahalen tajemstvím... Strhující příběhy podivných lidských povah představují zrození pozoruhodného literárního talentu, který později proslavila díla jako Mrtvá a živá nebo Ptáci.

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic. Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king. With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; women in distress and above all - murder.

Starke Frauen und der Ruf des Meeres Janet ist mit dem Werftbesitzer Thomas Coombe verheiratet, sie leben mit ihren Kindern scheinbar glücklich in dem beschaulichen kornischen Hafenstädtchen Plyn. Doch Janet ist ruhelos – immer wieder zieht es sie an die Klippen, und sie träumt davon, ein Mann und frei zu sein und um die Welt zu segeln. Diesen Drang und die unstillbare Liebe zum Meer gibt sie an ihren Sohn Joseph weiter – und als er, wild und ungebärdig, auf einem Schiff anheuert und sein Glück in der Ferne sucht, ist es, als würden ihre Träume wahr. Doch die Rivalität zwischen Joseph und seinem Bruder Philip droht die Familie zu zerreißen … Daphne du Mauriers umjubeltes literarisches Debüt, das auf Anhieb zum Bestseller wurde und ihren Ruf als eine der besten Schriftstellerinnen ihrer Generation begründete, führt uns tief in die inneren Welten ihrer Protagonistinnen und lässt das raue, romantische Cornwall lebendig werden – eine dramatische Familiensaga über Leidenschaft, dunkle Geheimnisse, Intrigen und eine Liebe, die stärker ist als der Tod.