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For use in schools and libraries only. The new mistress of Manderley's Cornwall estate must constantly compete with the memory of Maxim de Winter's first wife, Rebecca.

Rebecca has been dead for several months, but her sinister influence is still very much alive at Manderley, as Maxim de Winter's second wife soon comes to realize.

La seconda signora de Winter ha tutto: la giovinezza, l'avvenenza - i capelli a caschetto, le guance rosee senza bisogno di belletto -, l'ingenuità che, coniugata ai tratti sognanti, ha tutto l'aspetto di un'innocenza profonda, di un candore angelico. Ha un marito ricco ed elegante, Maxim, al cui fascino certe ripetute reticenze regalano un'intensità magnetica. E ora, grazie al matrimonio, ha una magione principesca in Cornovaglia, Manderley, ...

INTRODUCED BY ELAINE DUNDY'The iron of the bridge felt hot under my hand. The sun had been upon it all day. Gripping hard with my hands I lifted myself on to the bar and gazed down steadily on the water passing under . . . I thought of places I would never see, and women I should never love'As far as Richard's father, a famous poet, is concerned, his son has no talent as a writer and will never amount to anything. In a moment of crisis, Richar...

A du Maurier masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and hypnotic suspense, now with a new and stylish jacket.

INTRODUCED BY JULIE MYERSON'When people play the game: 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 mothe...

Eight chilling stories by the author of "The Birds" and "Rebecca". This particular collection has been unavailable for 20 years! Introduction by Sally Beauman.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language

Classic / British English When her mother dies, Mary Yellan goes to live with her aunt and uncle at Jamaica Inn. Strange things happen there at night, and Mary slowly discovers that she and her aunt are in terrible danger. Can she save herself and her aunt before it is too late? This Pack contains a Book and MP3

The lost stories of Daphne du Maurier, collected in one volume for the first time.Before she wrote Rebecca, the novel that would cement her reputation as a twentieth-century literary giant, a young Daphne du Maurier penned short fiction in which she explored the images, themes, and concerns that informed her later work. Originally published in periodicals during the early 1930s, many of these stories never found their way into print again . . ...

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again."With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mr...

In diesem großen Generationenroman erweckt Daphne Du Maurier einen Teil der französischen Geschichte zum Leben, den man selten so eindrücklich und »privat« geschildert bekam: das Schicksal einer angesehenen Bürgerfamilie in den Wirrnissen der Revolution. Dass es sich in großen Teilen um ihre eigene Familiengeschichte handelt, macht die Lektüre um so reizvoller.

A range of beautifully produced products celebrating the heritage of the Virago Modern Classics list.

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world's greatest authors, the English language comes to life...

New editions to the "Virago Modern Classics" series.

Cover designNeisha Crosland

One of du Maurier's most popular novels, Frenchman's Creek is a tale of adventure, set during the reign of Charles II. It is the breathtaking story of a woman searching for love, who embraces the dangerous life of a fugitive on the seas.

* One of the most famous novels of the 20th century * A dark tale of the feminine unconscious

Cover designNeisha Crosland