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My Cousin Rachel: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * 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...

Unscheinbare junge Frau, als Gesellschafterin der ebenso reichen wie penetranten amerikanischen Möchte-gern-Socialite Mrs. Van Hopper an der Côte d'Azur, trifft den attraktiven Witwer Maxim de Winter. Der ist ein bekanntes Gesicht der britischen Upper Class, noch in Trauer um seine glamouröse erste Frau Rebecca und ganz oben auf Mrs. Van Hoppers gesellschaftlicher Beuteliste. Seine überraschende Blitzhochzeit mit ihrer blassen Angestellten und ihre herrliche Missgunst hätten schon allein das Zeug zum "Binge-Hören".

Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989), engelsk forfatter. Skrev adskillige romaner og noveller, hvoraf mange er filmatiserede af kendte instruktører. Både teksterne og filmene er siden blevet kultklassikere. Her udgives en af du Mauriers mest enestående romaner. I den vises til fulde hendes eminente fortælleevne og unikke evne til at spinde læseren ind i historiens univers. Vi er i Frankrig i midten af det dramatiske syttenhundredetal. I et familiedynasti bestående af glasmagere.

Overnaturlige og usædvanlige begivenheder forbinder disse fem noveller fra dronningen af gotisk litteratur Daphne du Maurier. En blæsende vinternat flyver store, sorte fugle pludselig ind ad et åbent vindue i en lille engelsk by i det ellers så idylliske Cornwall og går med baskende vinger, skarpe kløer og hæse skrig til angreb på husets beboere. Og dét er kun begyndelsen i Daphne du Mauriers nervepirrende thriller-novelle "Fuglene", som blev filmatiseret af Alfred Hitchcock i 1963.

The multi million copy bestseller that has enthralled generations of readers. A haunting tale of obsessive love. A mesmerizing psychological thriller. In Monte Carlo, our unnamed heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA Pursued by the twin demons of drink and madness, Branwell Bronte created a private world that was indeed infernal. As a bold and gifted child, his promise seemed boundless to the three adoring sisters over whom his rule was complete. But as an adult, the...

Daphne du Maurier (May 13, 1907-April 19, 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Many of du Maurier's novels have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels "Rebecca," "Frenchman's Creek," "My Cousin Rachel" and "Jamaica Inn," and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, England, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive. The following audio is from a tv interview in 1971 and 1977.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'It is rather awful, Emma thought as she walked across the fields down to the farm, how this business is leading us all into subterfuge and deception, and we can't really tell who is friend and who is enemy ... ' Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic...

She set men's hearts on fire and scandalized a country. In Regency London, the only way for a woman to succeed is to beat men at their own game. So when Mary Anne Clarke seeks an escape from her squalid surroundings in Bowling Inn Alley, she ventures first into the scurrilous world of the...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA On her eighteenth birthday, Honor Harris meets Sir Richard Grenvile: he is proud, reckless - and utterly captivating. They have a rare connection, and with her beauty and sharp wit, she intrigues him too. But days before their wedding, tragedy strikes and...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA. 'The apathy of Sunday lay upon the streets. Houses were closed, withdrawn. "They don't know," he thought, "those people inside, how one gesture of mine, now, at this minute, might alter their world. A knock on the door, and someone answers - a woman...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'Mary Farren went into the gun room one morning about half-past eleven, took her husband's revolver and loaded it, then shot herself. The butler heard the sound of the gun from the pantry...' The fourteen haunting stories in this collection span the whole...

A comprehensive collection of dramatisations of Daphne du Maurier’s works 'Containing performances from well-known actors from past and present, Daphne du Maurier: The BBC Radio Collection is a rich feast for all fans of the writer's work.' - Entertainment Focus Daphne du Maurier was one of...

Während andere Frauen Liebhaber haben, langweilt sich die schöne Marquise allein mit den Kindern am Meer. Es ist diese Langeweile, die sie schließlich in die Arme eines fremden Mannes treibt. Doch erst als der sie mit anstößigen Fotos erpresst, erkennt die Marquise, auf wen sie sich eingelassen hat. Wie viele Geschichten der englischen Schriftstellerin Daphne Du Maurier, vor allem bekannt durch ihren Roman "Rebecca", spielt auch diese Erzählung in der feinen Gesellschaft. Imogen Kogge leiht dieser abenteuerlichen wie romantischen Geschichte ihre Stimme.

A classic radio version of 'The Birds' which actually predates the Hitchcock film by 10 years! It is a classic horror adventure which is more faithful to the original Daphne Du Maurier novel. One of the classic radio Theatre productions you will want to listen to over and over again!

Nach dem tragischen Unfalltod ihrer kleinen Tochter fahren John Baxter und seine Frau Laura nach Venedig, um Abstand zu gewinnen. Kaum angelangt, deuten jedoch mysteriöse Vorfälle und Zeichen darauf hin, dass der Albtraum noch lange nicht zu Ende ist: Ein ältliches schottisches Schwesternpaar behauptet, mit der Seele ihrer toten Tochter in Verbindung zu stehen. Sie prophezeien John ein schreckliches Unglück.

Rebecca is widely regarded as Daphne du Maurier's finest novel. It tells the story of Manderley, an exquisite house with gardens down to the sea; its owner Max de Winter; and his new young wife. And, of course, Rebecca...

'There was Manderley, our Manderley, secretive and silent as it had always been...Time itself could not wreck the perfect symmetry of those walls, nor the site itself, a jewel in the hollow of a hand.' When Maxim de Winter brings his shy new bride to his beautiful stately home on the Cornwall...

Daphne du Mauriers Erzählung "The Birds" erschien 1952 in ihrem Kurzgeschichten-Band "The Apple Tree". Als elf Jahre später Hitchcocks Film in die Kinos kam, wurde das Buch unter "The Birds and Other Stories" neu aufgelegt. Eine plötzliche "Neuauflage" der Naturgesetze erfährt in der Story Nat Hocken, Landarbeiter in Cornwall: Große Mengen Vögel sammeln sich über der See und in der folgenden Nacht über seinem Haus. Nat wird attackiert. Im Dorf nimmt den Vorfall niemand weiter ernst. Der extreme Wetterwechsel wird die Tiere irritiert haben.

Here is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of horror. The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to a farm from her house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field while above him the seagulls were diving and...