Daphne Du Maurier
1) Rebecca
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Series
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English
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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.
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English
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The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St. Columb to be ripe for any folly, any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days. But there is another, secret Dona who longs for a life of honest love-- and sweetness, even if it is spiced with danger. It is this Dona who flees the stews of London for remote Navron, looking for peace of mind in its solitary woods and hidden creeks. She finds there the passion her spirit craves-- in the love of a daring...
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 405 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...
5) Rebecca
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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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.
6) Jamaica Inn
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English
Description
The coachman tried to warn young Mary Yellan away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast. But May chose instead to honor her mother's dying request that she join her frightened Aunt Patience and foreboding Uncle Joss Merlyn at Jamaica Inn. From her first glimpse on that raw November eve, she could sense the inn's dark power. Mary never imagined that she would become hopelessly ensnared in the vile, villainous schemes being...
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Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
440 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Overview: The highly anticipated reissue of the du Maurier classics American fans have been waiting for. "As civil war rages across England, the weak prove their courage and the privileged become traitors. In this sweeping, bittersweet saga, spellbinding author Daphne du Maurier recreates a most memorable and true love story. Honor Harris was glorious and vivacious. Sir Richard Grenville was a dashing colonel and a knight. They meet on the...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
In search of peace and solitude, wealthy Dona St. Columb retreats to her country estate in Cornwall and discovers the exact opposite. Based on Daphne du Maurier's story of piracy and betrayal.
16) The birds
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Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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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.
17) Rebecca's tale
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English
Description
Twenty years after Rebecca's death, family friend Colonel Julyan asks his daughter and a mysterious scholar to reconsider her death in light of newly discovered diaries.
18) Jamaica Inn
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (184 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
19) My cousin Rachel
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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.
20) Rebecca
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A vacationing young lady meets, falls in love with, and marries handsome and wealthy widower Maxim de Winter. He takes his new bride home to his estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life donimated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim's late wife, Rebecca, who still rules from beyond the grave.
