Daphne Du Maurier
1) Rebecca
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Language
English
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Description
"In this book, an unassuming young heroine 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 coast - but there, things take a chilling turn. Max seems haunted by the memory of his glamorous first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy...
Author
Language
English
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Description
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
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{u2019}s revelatory new selection...
6) Jamaica Inn
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"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 arrives, the warning of the coachman begins to echo in her memory, for her aunt Patience cowers before hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn. Terrified of the inn's brooding power, Mary gradually finds herself ensnared in the dark schemes being enacted behind its crumbling walls -- and tempted to love a man she dares...
Author
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When Richard Young discovers an experimental potion that can transport him back to the fourteenth century, he becomes involved in the lives of those in the past and the present, but his actions soon put his entire future in danger.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A contemporary retelling of Daphne du Maurier's gripping and iconic novel Rebecca, ALENA tells the story of a bright young curator who finds herself haunted by the legacy of her predecessor at a small, cutting-edge art museum on Cape Cod"--
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Once his secretary, Colleen is now pregnant with Michael's baby. When he brings her to his opulent estate, Ravenwood, she is abruptly thrust into a life of luxury she's never known. But Colleen finds the immense house suffused with the memory of Michael's beautiful wife, Joanna, who left months ago and who haunts her imagination. It quickly becomes apparent that there is little room for a new mistress of this house: The staff greets her with hostility,...
11) The scapegoat
Author
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[1957]
Language
English
Description
When his identity is stolen, John, an Englishman, takes a Frenchman's place as master of a château and attempts to escape detection by the family.
12) Don't look now
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Psychic terror in a Gothic setting provides the chilling backdrop in this tale of a couple's search for the ghost of their dead daughter.
13) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2015.
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.
14) The birds
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.
15) Rebecca
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Carlton Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A timid young girl marries a troubled widower only to find her new home is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first wife.
16) My cousin Rachel
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The movie is based on the 1951 novel by Daphne Du Maurier and tells the story of a young Englishman who plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian
17) Rebecca
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. There she finds that the memory of her husband's first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death.