The Birds / Don't Look Now
by Daphne Du Maurier
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Du Maurier is of course world famous for many of her novels. These two stories are perhaps even better known as films (The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock and Don't Look Now by Nic Roeg), but here we bring you the full terrifying texts, superbly read by Peter Capaldi, who brings the true dimension of these works to the imagination.Tags
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You may know Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker from The Thick of It, or as the Twelfth Doctor Who. But with this two-shot of Daphne du Maurier stories, he deserves to be much better known as an audiobook reader. He has excellent material to work with: du Maurier's stories are tense, well structured and furnished with carefully chosen details. They also end fittingly: The Birds had me howling "What! I want more!" but still very satisfied with what was provided; Don't Look Now left me flabbergasted with how perfectly the ending fit. Capaldi reads both of these stories with flair and just the right amount of creepiness, in the case of The Birds. For the most part he tones down the overly Scottish parts of his accent, although there is a show more Scottish character in one of the stories. He also gets to voice a Cornish farmer, which I found adorable, although it is probably not 100% accurate.
My actual rating for this collection is 6/5: 5 stars for the stories and an extra star for the narration. Very much recommended. show less
My actual rating for this collection is 6/5: 5 stars for the stories and an extra star for the narration. Very much recommended. show less
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Daphne Du Maurier was born in London on May 13, 1907 and educated in Paris. In 1932, she married Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning. She began writing short stories of mystery and suspense for magazines in 1928, a collection of which appeared as The Apple Tree in 1952. Her first novel, The Loving Spirit, was published in 1931. Her tightly show more woven, highly suspenseful plots and her strong characters make her stories perfect for adaptation to film or television. Among her many novels that were made into successful films are Jamaica Inn (1936), Rebecca (1938), Frenchman's Creek (1941), Hungry Hill (1943), My Cousin Rachel (1952), and The Scapegoat (1957). Her short story, The Birds (1953), was brought to the screen by director Alfred Hitchcock in a treatment that has become a classic horror-suspense film. She died on April 19, 1989 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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