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Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 89) was born in London, the daughter of the famous actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author and artist. She began writing short stories and articles in 1928 and in 1931 her first novel, THE LOVING SPIRIT, was published. It was the novel REBECCA that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of all time.
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…” is probably one of the most famous first lines from a novel and captures the readers interest immediately. What is Manderley? Why is our narrator dreaming about it? The story is relayed to us by the second Mrs de Winter who is not even given a name throughout the novel, as if to emphasise how insignificant she is compared to her predecessor, Rebecca. This book is haunting, chilling and packed full of intrigue. Who was Rebecca, why did people love her so much, was she good or evil? The narrator is constantly searching for answers to questions that no-one seems to want to answer but the truth that has been hidden for years is about to be revealed. A true classic. This collector’s edition has been produced to celebrate the centenary of Daphne du Maurier's birth.
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…” is probably one of the most famous first lines from a novel and captures the readers interest immediately. What is Manderley? Why is our narrator dreaming about it? The story is relayed to us by the second Mrs de Winter who is not even given a name throughout the novel, as if to emphasise how insignificant she is compared to her predecessor, Rebecca. This book is haunting, chilling and packed full of intrigue. Who was Rebecca, why did people love her so much, was she good or evil? The narrator is constantly searching for answers to questions that no-one seems to want to answer but the truth that has been hidden for years is about to be revealed. A true classic. This collector’s edition has been produced to celebrate the centenary of Daphne du Maurier's birth.
Many people don’t realise that Daphne du Maurier wrote non fiction and here with Golden Lads she has written a fascinating account of, brothers, Anthony and Francis Bacon’s relationship with Queen Elizabeth I, through their friendship with the Earl of Essex. Told with her magical storytelling style, a fascinating insight.
"e;Traktir "e;YAmajka"e; - odin iz samyh izvestnyh romanov anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989), ee pervyj bestseller i pervaya iz ee ehkranizirovannyh knig. Segodnya roman schitayut klassikoj goticheskoj tradicii v literature XX veka, a geroinyu Mehri Jellan sravnivayut s Dzhejn EHjr. Opisannye v romane sobytiya proiskhodyat v nachale XIX stoletiya, kogda u parusnogo korablya, zastignutogo shtormom vblizi opasnyh rifov, byla odna nadezhda na spasenie - slabyj svet mayaka v tumane... V polnom sootvetstvii s zakonami zhanra osirotevshaya Mehri pokidaet rodnye kraya i edet k rodne - bezdetnoj tetushke i ee muzhu, Dzhossu Merlinu, grubomu i nelyudimomu hozyainu pridorozhnogo traktira "e;YAmajka"e;. Zavedenie pol'zuetsya durnoj slavoj, dobroporyadochnye lyudi obhodyat ego storonoj, a mezhdu tem ono zhivet kakoj-to svoej, strannoj i strashnoj zhizn'yu. Postepenno Mehri nachinaet o chem-to dogadyvat'sya, v golove royatsya uzhasnye podozreniya, no komu o nih rasskazat', komu doverit'sya? Oshibka mozhet stoit' ej zhizni.
Roman Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989) "e;Moya kuzina Rejchel po mneniyu mnogih kritikov, ne ustupaet proslavlennoj "e;Rebekke a v chem-to i prevoskhodit ee. EHto prekrasnyj obrazec razvitiya tradicii "e;goticheskogo i "e;sensacionnogo romana, osnovopolozhnikom kotorogo schitaetsya Uilki Kollinz: detektivnaya intriga sochetaetsya s neobychnoj lyubovnoj dramoj, razvorachivayushchayasya na fone liricheskih pejzazhej Kornuolla i zhivopisnyh kartin Italii v sorokovye gody XIX veka. S kazhdym povorotom syuzheta chitatel' vse bol'she teryaetsya v dogadkah, kto pered nim - zhertva nespravedlivyh podozrenij ili raschetlivaya intriganka i ubijca; no k kakoj by versii on ni sklonyalsya, final ego oshelomit. Izdannyj v 1951 godu roman mgnovenno stal bestsellerom i vsego cherez god na ehkrany vyshel odnoimennyj fil'm s Oliviej de Hehvilend i molodym Richardom Bartonom; v 1983 godu po romanu byl snyat televizionnyj serial.
Dona, bezrassudnaya ledi Sent-Kolam, v poryve otvrashcheniya k svetskoj zhizni, kotoruyu ona vedet v Londone, otpravlyaetsya v Nehvron, uedinennoe pomest'e na poberezh'e Kornuolla, prinadlezhavshee ee muzhu. Tam ona obnaruzhivaet, chto ih dom stal tajnym ubezhishchem francuzskogo pirata, navodyashchego uzhas na vsyu okrugu. Odnako vstrecha s nim menyaet predstavleniya ledi Sent-Kolam o morskih razbojnikah. Vmesto krovozhadnogo golovoreza s komandoj otpetyh negodyaev pered nej okazyvaetsya ironichnyj, smelyj, obrazovannyj i ochen' obayatel'nyj chelovek - tot, kotorogo ona zhdala vsyu zhizn'... Romanticheskaya istoriya lyubvi soedinyaetsya s zahvatyvayushchim avantyurnym syuzhetom na fone tainstvennyh pejzazhej Kornuolla minuvshih vremen. Roman "e;Francuzov ruchej"e; vyshel v svet v 1941 godu i cherez tri goda byl ehkranizirovan. V glavnoj roli snyalas' Dzhoan Fontejn, znamenitaya ispolnitel'nica roli Rebekki, drugoj geroini Dafny Dyumor'e, v odnoimennom fil'me Al'freda Hichkoka.
"e;Dom na beregu"e; (1969) - odno iz poslednih proizvedenij anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e, imya kotoroj izvestno vo vsem mire. Dejstvie romana, kak i mnogih drugih proslavlennyh sochinenij Dyumor'e, vklyuchaya "e;Rebekku"e;, "e;"e;Traktir YAmajka"e;"e;, "e;Kuzinu Rejchel"e;, razvorachivaetsya na fone zavorazhivayushchih pejzazhej Kornuolla, gde proshla bol'shaya chast' zhizn' pisatel'nicy. V starinnyj dom na beregu zaliva priezzhaet Dik YAng, nadeyas' otdohnut' tam ot suety londonskoj zhizni. Dom Osobnyak prinadlezhit ego davnishnemu priyatelyu Magnusu Lejnu, professoru biofiziki. V obmen na gostepriimstvo Magnus prosit Dika ispytat' na sebe dejstvie sozdannogo im "e;ehliksira"e;, kotoryj, kak uveryaet professor, obladaet ves'ma neobychnym svojstvom soedinyat' proshloe i budushchee. Inoj mir, v kotoryj pogruzhaetsya Dik, okazyvaetsya namnogo real'nee toj zhizni, kotoruyu on vel do sih por...
"e;Rebekka"e;, "e;Moya kuzina Rejchel"e;, "e;Pticy"e;... Proizvedeniya anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989) pol'zuyutsya uspekhom u chitatelej vo vsem mire. Neobychnye, a poroj i fantasticheskie syuzhety Dyumor'e vsegda otlichaet svoego roda "e;dostovernost' neveroyatnogo"e;. V romane "e;Prav', Britaniya!"e; (1972), kotoryj inogda nazyvayut "e;providcheskim"e;, syuzhet takzhe ves'ma neobychen. Dejstvie razvorachivaetsya v nebol'shom kornuoll'skom pomest'e i otneseno v nedalekoe budushchee, v te vremena, kogda Velikobritaniya, rassorivshis' s Evropoj, vstupaet v soyuz s SSHA. O neozhidannyh posledstviyah ehtoj druzhby Dafna Dyumor'e pishet so vsem bleskom svoego pisatel'skogo dara i siloj "e;goticheskogo voobrazheniya"e;.
"e;Zamok Dor"e; (1961) - ehto kniga o lyubvi i smerti, volshebnaya skazka, v kotoroj nashla otrazhenie drevnyaya legenda o Tristane i Izol'de. V osnovu proizvedeniya legla nezakonchennaya povest' (napisannaya "e;gde-to do serediny"e;) sehra Artura Kviller-Kaucha, rukopis' kotoroj byla obnaruzhena ego docher'yu spustya gody posle smerti pisatelya i peredana Dafne Dyumor'e s pros'boj ee zavershit'. Dyumor'e vypolnila ehtu pros'bu stol' masterski, chto nevozmozhno dogadat'sya, s kakogo mesta ona nachala. Dejstvie v romane razvorachivaetsya v nachale 1840-h godov, no skvoz' sobytiya nastoyashchego prostupaet proshloe, i zagadochnaya sila napravlyaet geroev po tomu zhe tragicheskomu puti, kotorym proshla vlyublennaya para, chto zhila i umerla mnogo vekov nazad... "e;Proshchaj, molodost'"e; (1932) - odin iz pervyh romanov Dyumor'e. V ehtoj grustnoj istorii rasskazyvaetsya o rasstavanii s prekrasnymi mechtami i zabluzhdeniyami yunosti. CHitatel' shag za shagom, vsled za avtorom, sleduet po puti "e;vzrosleniya"e; geroya, kotoryj na zare svoej molodosti grezil o slave, o lyubvi, "e;o priklyucheniyah, o more, o zove chuzhih stran"e;...
"e;Duh lyubvi"e; (1931) - pervyj roman zamechatel'noj anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989). Ego syuzhet razvorachivaetsya na fone zahvatyvayushchih pejzazhej Kornuolla, stavshego dlya Dyumor'e vtoroj rodinoj, a takzhe mestom dejstviya i drugih ee znamenityh romanov: "e;Traktir "e;YAmajka"e;"e;, "e;Rebekka"e;, "e;Korolevskij general"e;, "e;Moya kuzina Rejchel"e;... "e;Duh lyub vi"e; - ehto semejnaya saga o chetyrekh pokoleniyah kornuollskoj sem'i Kum be, vladeyushchej korabel'noj verf'yu. Istoriya ehtoj sem'i, pol naya pechalej i radostej, vzaimnoj lyubvi i nenavisti, ohvatyvaet sto let, s tridcatyh godov XIX veka do tridcatyh godov XX veka. Vposledstvii Dyumor'e priznavalas', chto verit v duhovnuyu svyaz' pokolenij, i imenno ob ehtom ee pervyj roman - o strannoj svyazi, nepodvlastnoj vremeni i smerti, soedinyayushchej rodstvennye dushi, kotorye nesut bremya bespokojstva i stra daniya, tomleniya po krasote i svobode, no obretayut pokoj lish' drug v druge.
Imya anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989) izvestno vo vsem mire, ee knigi stali klassikoj literatury HKH veka. Master intrigi i tonkij psiholog, Dyumor'e kak nikto drugoj umeet derzhat' chitatelya v napryazhenii do poslednej stranicy. Nedarom ee tvorchestvo privlekalo vnimanie mnogih izvestnyh kinorezhisserov, v tom chisle i Al'freda Hichkoka, snyavshego po ee proizvedeniyam znamenitye kinotrillery: "e;Rebekka"e;, "e;Pticy"e;, "e;Traktir YAmajka"e;... V romane "e;Polet Sokola"e; (1965) Dyumor'e obrashchaetsya k vechnoj teme bor'by dobra i zla v chelovecheskoj dushe, teme pamyati i samopoznaniya. Dejstvie proiskhodit v Italii. Odnazhdy v Rime Armino Fabbio, ehkskursovod iz turagentstva, vidit na cerkovnoj paperti pozhiluyu krest'yanku i neozhidanno ponimaet, chto kogda-to, v dalekom proshlom, on uzhe vstrechal ee. Na sleduyushchij den' stanovitsya izvestno, chto noch'yu zhenshchina byla zakolota nozhom. EHta istoriya yavilas' lish' pervym zvenom v celoj cepi tragicheskih sobytij i zastavila Armino, brosiv dela, otpravit'sya v Ruffano, gorod ego detstva ...
Angliya, Kornuoll, XVII vek. Onor Harris moloda, obayatel'na i pomolvlena s vozlyublennym ? bogatym i znatnym Richardom Grenvilom. No iskalechennaya v rezul'tate neschastnogo sluchaya na ohote, Onor razryvaet pomolvku i reshaet nikogda bol'she ne videt'sya s goryacho lyubimym zhenihom? Kazalos' by ? vot i razvyazka, no dlya Dafny Dyumor'e ? priznannogo mastera tonkogo psihologicheskogo portreta i virtuoza intrigi tragicheskoe stechenie obstoyatel'stv, v odnochas'e razrushivshee plany geroini na bezoblachnoe schast'e ? lish' povod dlya dal'nejshih udivitel'nyh i zahvatyvayushchih sobytij. Sud'ba Anglii, ohvachennoj plamenem grazhdanskoj vojny, okazyvaetsya v rukah reshitel'nyh, besstrashnyh i tverdyh voinov ? takih, kak korolevskij general Richard Grenvil, kotoromu spustya gody suzhdena sud'bonosnaya vstrecha s byvshej nevestoj.
Knigi anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989) stali klassikoj literatury XX veka. Master tonkogo psihologicheskogo portreta i virtuoz intrigi, Dyumor'e kak nikto drugoj umeet derzhat' chitatelya v napryazhenii. Nedarom odnim iz pochitatelej ee talanta byl kinorezhisser Al'fred Hichkok, snyavshij po ee proizvedeniyam znamenitye kinotrillery, sredi kotoryh "e;Rebekka "e;Pticy "e;Traktir YAmajka V romane "e;Bogema (1949; ranee na russkom yazyke roman vyhodil pod nazvaniem "e;Parazity) ona rasskazyvaet o zhizni artisticheskoj bogemy Anglii mezhdu dvumya mirovymi vojnami. Geroi Dafny Dyumor'e - dve svodnye sestry i brat. Oni vyrosli v sem'e znamenityh artistov - opernogo pevca i tancovshchicy. Ot svoih roditelej molodye Delejni unasleduyut iskru talanta i posvyatyat sebya iskusstvu, no dlya kazhdogo iz nih tvorchestvo stanet sposobom ukryt'sya ot problem i strastej nastoyashchej zhizni.
Zahvatyvayushchaya semejnaya saga anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989), knigi kotoroj stali klassikoj goticheskoj tradicii v literature XX veka. Master tonkogo psihologicheskogo portreta i virtuoz intrigi, Dyumor'e, kak nikto drugoj, umeet derzhat' chitatelya v napryazhenii. Nedarom odnim iz pochitatelej ee talanta byl kinorezhisser Al'fred Hichkok, snyavshij po ee proizvedeniyam znamenitye kinotrillery, sredi kotoryh "e;Rebekka "e;Pticy "e;Traktir "e;YAmajka"e; Roman "e;Golodnaya gora napisan v 1943 godu; kniga imela uspekh u chitatelej i, kak mnogie proizvedeniya Dyumor'e, vskore byla ehkranizirovana. V osnovu "e;Golodnoj gory legla podlinnaya istoriya irlandskih predkov odnogo iz druzej Dafny Dyumor'e, Kristofera Paksli. EHto letopis' zhizni pyati pokolenij sem'i Brodrik, hozyaev zamka Klonmir, vladevshih mednymi shahtami Golodnoj gory. Istoriya ih vzletov i padeniya. Istoriya bezrazdel'noj vlasti, bogatstva i odinochestva, sily i bessiliya; istoriya nenavisti i lyubvi dlinoyu v sto let.
"e;Rebekka "e;Francuzova buhta "e;Korolevskij general "e;Moya kuzina Rejchel "e;Kozel otpushcheniya Knigi anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e pol'zuyutsya ogromnym uspekhom vo vsem mire. Dyumor'e ne tol'ko master psihologicheskogo portreta, no i virtuoz intrigi. Ej kak nikomu udaetsya sozdat' "e;atmosferu i derzhat' chitatelya v postoyannom napryazhenii. Nedarom odnim iz pochitatelej ee talanta byl Al'fred Hichkok, snyavshij po proizvedeniyam Dyumor'e fil'my "e;Pticy i "e;Rebekka. V romane "e;Kozel otpushcheniya povestvuetsya o sobytiyah, perevernuvshih zhizn' obitatelej starinnogo francuzskogo zamka. A nachalos' vse s togo, chto geroj romana reshil sbezhat' ot obydennosti i problem sobstvennoj zhizni. No na puti k svobode on vstrechaet... sebya, vernee, svoego dvojnika. CHem obernetsya ehta vstrecha i kto stanet "e;kozlom otpushcheniya predostavlyaem chitatelyam uznat' samim.
V sbornik "e;Ne pozzhe polunochi anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e, vpervye opublikovannyj v 1971 godu, voshli pyat' novell, pyat' udivitel'nyh, sovershenno nepohozhih odna na druguyu istorij. Samaya znamenitaya iz nih, "e;Ne oglyadyvajsya, legla v osnovu misticheskogo trillera anglijskogo rezhissera Nikolasa Rouga ("e;A teper' ne smotri, 1973). Drugaya, napolovinu nauchno-fantasticheskij rasskaz, napolovinu filosofskaya pritcha "e;Proryv, vpervye izdaetsya po-russki. Vse oni napisany uverennoj rukoj mastera, original'no i uvlekatel'no. Veroyatno, tochnee vsego harakter sbornika opredelyaet nazvanie rasskaza "e;Na grani: v kazhdoj istorii avtor podvodit geroev k intuitivnomu ili osoznannomu vyboru, neredko opasnomu.
Romanizirovannuyu istoriyu svoej sem'i Dafna Dyumor'e opublikovala v 1937 godu, v vozraste tridcati let. Do togo ona uspela napisat' biografiyu otca, anglijskogo aktera i antreprenera Dzheral'da Dyumor'e, i chetyre romana. Pisatel'nica stoyala na poroge slavy: uzhe vyshel roman "e;Traktir "e;YAmajka"e; a vsego cherez god budet izdana "e;Rebekka ee glavnyj mirovoj bestseller. Pogruzhayas' v atmosferu Evropy devyatnadcatogo stoletiya, pisatel'nica vossozdaet zhizn' svoih anglo-francuzskih predkov - ot praprababki, lyubovnicy gercoga Jorkskogo, do deda, znamenitogo romanista i hudozhnika Dzhordzha Dyumor'e. "e;V istorii polno burnyh sobytij i groznyh udarov sud'by - tut propavshij muzh, tam skandal i sudebnoe razbiratel'stvo, - no vse oni podany v forme romanticheskoj komedii i neveroyatno zanimatel'ny kak skazano v predislovii k anglijskomu izdaniyu. Dafna Dyumor'e vsegda s azartom issledovala haraktery i sud'by lyudej, tainstvennye niti, kotorymi nastoyashchee svyazano s proshlym, neizmenno obnaruzhivaya "e;prizraki povsyudu - ne blednye fantomy, gremyashchie cepyami cherez vechnost' skripyashchie polovicami v pustyh domah, a veselye teni bylogo
V sbornik "e;Randevu anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989) voshli rasskazy, napisannye v konce 1920-h - nachale 1930-h godov i v desyatiletie mezhdu 1937 i 1947 godom. Kak i vsya novellistika Dyumor'e, ehti chetyrnadcat' istorij porazhayut raznoobraziem syuzhetov i zhanrov. Vyderzhannyj v goticheskoj tradicii "e;EHskort sosedstvuet s teatral'nymi, v duhe CHekhova, "e;Primoj i "e;Prirozhdennym artistom; psihologicheskij ehtyud "e;Za zakrytoj dver'yu - s pouchitel'nym anekdotom "e;Oploshnost'; svoeobrazno obygryvayushchie formu skazki ili pritchi "e;Presvyataya Deva, "e;Adieu Sagesse i "e;Skazka - s ostrosatiricheskimi "e;Lyubovnik, "e;Randevu, "e;Angely i arhangely. Est' zdes' i harakternye dlya Dyumor'e po-hichkokovski napryazhennye istorii: "e;Panika i "e;Dolya sekundy. Iz vsekh perechislennyh tol'ko dva poslednih rasskaza ran'she uzhe izdavalis' po-russki, ostal'nye publikuyutsya vpervye.
Imya anglijskoj pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989) mir uznal v 1938 godu, posle vyhoda v svet romana "e;Rebekka i hotya s tekh por smenilos' ne odno pokolenie chitatelej, ee slava ne merknet. V sbornik rasskazov "e;Sinie linzy opublikovannyj v 1959 godu, voshli vosem' neobychnyh istorij. V nih avtor issleduet tonkuyu gran', razdelyayushchuyu mir real'nyj i mir voobrazhaemyj, normu i anomaliyu, igru fantazii i prestuplenie. Gde pravda, gde lozh', komu mozhno verit'? Kto sumeet uderzhat'sya u poslednej cherty? Kto perestupit ee i sdelaet shag, za kotorym posleduet sryv, krah, katastrofa, tragediya?.. Tri rasskaza sbornika - "e;Prud "e;EHrcgercoginya "e;Trofej - vpervye izdayutsya na russkom yazyke.
Imya Dafny Dyumor'e (1907-1989) mir uznal v 1938 godu, posle vyhoda v svet romana "e;Rebekka sed'moj po schetu knigi molodoj anglijskoj pisatel'nicy. Vsego zhe za dolguyu tvorcheskuyu zhizn' ona vypustila poltora desyatka romanov, neskol'ko sbornikov rasskazov (novell, povestej - v raznoe vremya Dyumor'e po-raznomu imenovala proizvedeniya svoej maloj prozy), a takzhe tri p'esy, biografii i knigu o Kornuolle. Sbornik rasskazov Dafny Dyumor'e, v 1977 godu ozaglavlennyj po znamenitoj novelle "e;Pticy vpervye byl opublikovan v 1952 godu pod nazvaniem "e;YAblonya a v 1953-m - "e;Poceluj menya eshche raz, neznakomec Pomimo shesti rasskazov, sostavlyayushchih avtorskij sbornik, v izdanie na russkom yazyke vklyuchen nikogda prezhde ne perevodivshijsya rasskaz "e;Schastlivogo Rozhdestva (1940).
Includes Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier's best-known and bestselling novel, is the classic tale of a young woman who marries handsome widower Maxim de Winter and moves to his great house at Manderley in Cornwall, only to find that all is not as it first seems . . . In My Cousin Rachel, Philip Ashley, an orphan raised by his benevolent cousin Ambrose, is drawn into the orbit of Ambrose's beautiful, mysterious new wife Rachel.
Includes Jamaica Inn, The Flight of the Falcon, The King's General, The Glass Blowers, Mary Anne, and The Breaking Point & Other Stories.Jamaica Inn weaves a tale of mystery at the eponymous inn on Cornwall's bleak moorlands. The Flight of the Falcon is set in the Italian town of Ruffano: in the 20th century the town has nearly forgotten its violent history, but is it still stained by its dark past? Set in the 17th century at Menabilly in Cornwall, The King's General is the story of a country and a family riven by war. The French Revolution is the backdrop to The Glass Blowers, a tale of family tragedy. Mary Anne is a vivid portrait of one woman's ambition as she rises from ordinary beginnings to become an influential royal mistress to the Duke of York.
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