Classics of the Macabre
ISBN:
9780575041912 (0575041919)
Edition language: English
This book includes two of my favorite du Maurier stories -- "The Birds" and "The Blue Lenses." These are brilliant enough on their own, but Michael Foreman's gorgeous watercolor illustrations bring them vividly to life. "The Blue Lenses" especially benefits from pictures, since it's a terrifying sto...
Speaking of the weird stories of du Maurier, read these if you haven't already. "The Birds" is much more disturbing as a short story. And as disturbing as it is, it doesn't come close to "Don't Look Now" which has a very Poe quality. And if Rod Serling never televised "The Blue Lenses" I can't i...