Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781844080878
ISBN: 1844080870
Label: Virago Press Ltd
Manufacturer: Virago Press Ltd
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: May 06, 2004
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Sales Rank: 395623
Studio: Virago Press Ltd

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to Menabilly Barton farm from the house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field whilst above him the seagulls were diving and wheeling. She developed an idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him. In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food -- first the seagulls, then birds of prey, and finally even small birds -- all turn against mankind. The nightmarish vision appealed to Hitchcock who turned it into the celebrated film.




Rating: - Hitchock screwed the ending.
The Hitchocks ending of this tale was so confussing to me until I read The short story by DU Maurier...In her version the birds present an end to "Mans Rule" of the world, her version leaves you with the dread and terror of the demise of Humans rule of Earth...in the movie you are left to decide on your own, what the final out come will be....in some movies this works good, because only your own imagination can be more terifying than the Movie Maker,...but in the Hitchock ending it just didnt feel ... Read More

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Rating: - Hitchcock screwed up
Du Maurier's classic, The Birds, is a story of an avian apocalypse. The birds have developed a mass consciousness and decide to take utter revenge for thousands of years of persecution. The story is related by a farmer on the English coast. We see his struggle to understand what is happening and, once he understands, we see his struggle to save his family.

Birds of all species attack during the night. During the day they sit silently and vindictively on their perches. Nat, the farmer, ... Read More

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Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
A good collection of horror stories, with a 3.58 average. The score for this one is hence basically 4.25 out of 5.

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Rating: - The Source of Hitchcock's
This is my first taste of Du Maurier but I like it very much :)
The language is beautiful but compact, concise. Fast paced. No extra burden for the eyes.

THE BIRDS, the inspiration of Hitchcock's movie version. Although it is different between the book and movie, the dread they caused
is almost the same with their own focus. In the movie, you'll get the visualization of the dread while through book the description of the attack was violent enough that you couldn't see no end.

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Rating: - the plot was fine...
but i Could Fall asleep while reading. I didn't find it so exciting. 3 stars are only for the unusual plot full of fantasy, but the writing isn't so marvellous in my opinion.

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