Daphne Du Maurier
Author
Publisher
Libranda
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
Philip Ashley, el narrador de esta novela, es un joven huérfano que ha sido criado por su primo Ambrose, un terrateniente de Cornualles veinte años mayor que él, en una gran casa aislada, de rutinas amables e incontestadas, sin conflictos y sin mujeres. Cuando el primo debe viajar a Italia por razones de salud, conoce a una mujer, Rachel, una pariente lejana educada en Florencia, viuda de un conde que murió en un duelo y la dejó cubierta de deudas....
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group USA
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier." --New York TimesDick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as a guinea pig for a new drug that Magnus has discovered in his scientific research. When Dick samples Magnus's potion, he finds himself doing the impossible: traveling through time while staying in place, thrown all the way back into Medieval Cornwall. The concoction wear off...
3) Rebecca
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
For months after her death, the memory of Rebecca de Winter continues to dominate everyone at her former home, Manderley, one of the most famous English country houses.
8) The birds
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
The residents of Bodega Bay are inexplicably attacked by hundreds of birds of all shapes and sizes.
10) Rebecca
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A young bride is brought by her new husband to his manor house in England. There she finds that the memory of her husband's first wife haunts her, and she tries to discover the secret of that mysterious woman's death.
11) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
1998, c1939
Language
English
Description
Young Mary Yellan, orphaned and sent to live with her aunt on the British Coast, didn't suspect the truth about her new home, the Jamaica Inn. But when she realizes that pirates are using the inn as a base for smuggling, she sets in motion a series of events involving secret agents and murder.