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(0)Daphne Du Maurier
1) Rebecca
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 26
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
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"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...
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English
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Rachel, a woman of exquisite beauty, descends on the great Cornwall estate of Philip Ashley. Despite his aroused suspicions, she soon enchants him. In this tale of good and evil, Philip must decide whether the glorious Rachel, the recent mysterious widow of his beloved cousin, is out to destroy him or is the innocent victim of devious man with a tremendous longing to be loved. His fate and his future lie in the answer to this deadly question.
3) Jamaica Inn
Author
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
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...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Incorporated
Pub. Date
1957.
Language
English
Description
Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's...
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. Her new freedom swiftly brings her into contact with the dashingly handsome French privateer Jean Aubrey who sweeps her off her feet and into a world of adventure on the high seas very different from her dull and boring life at court with her husband Sir Harry.
8) Jamaica Inn
Series
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.
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.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This book is a lush generational novel from the bestselling author of Rebecca. In her acclaimed debut, celebrated author Daphne du Maurier weaves a stunning tale of heartbreaking loss and undying love that knows no bounds. Janet, a fearless young woman of soaring strength, longs for the wildness and freedom of the sea. She feels herself pulled fast under its spell, yet she sacrifices her dreams in order to create a family. Years later, when she learns...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Six classic stories of dark imagination published to celebrate the 80th birthday of a storyteller who has been a favourite for over 50 years. Many of the ideas behind these sinister stories came from a chance happening, often on holiday, and only later developed into sinister tales presented in this collection.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
"This story covers 10 days in the life of a tourist courier in modern Italy who leaves his job to return to his native city of Ruffano to learn why his old nurse, Marta, should be the beggar found murdered on the church steps. He finds his brother, Aldo, believed killed in a plane crash during the war. ... The life of fated Aldo and his connection with Marta emerge against the background of the annual student festival and its story of the unhappy...
