Don't Look Now - Daphne du Maurier • BookLikes

Don't Look Now

by: Daphne Du Maurier (author)

The title novella of this collection features John and Laura who are on holiday in Venice. But it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose.

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Publisher: Doubleday

Pages no: 303

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Short Stories, Suspense, Gothic, Fiction

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Randolph "Dilda" Carter rated it

10 years ago

http://Gumbywan.booklikes.com Randolph "Dilda" Carter 3.0 Don't Read Now

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I wasn't overly impressed with this collection of stories. Don't Look Now and The Birds were pretty good but having seen the films many times certainly took much away some of the suspense. No fault of the author. I thought that The Birds was better, more menacing, than the Hitchcock film of the same...

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The English Student rated it

10 years ago

http://theenglishstudent.booklikes.com The English Student 3.0 Don't Look Now and Other Stories - Daphne du Maurier

text Don't Look Now and Other Stories - Daphne du Maurier

It's been ages since I've read a short story collection – I think the last one was Henry James The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories several years ago. It's easy to forget how effective the form can be in the hands of a good writer. I didn't enjoy these as much as Rebecca (they were published ab...

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