Daphne du Maurier

Imja anglijskoj pisatelnitsy Dafny Djumore (1907-1989) izvestno vo vsem mire. Za dolguju tvorcheskuju zhizn ona vypustila poltora desjatka romanov, neskolko sbornikov rasskazov, pesy, biografii i knigu o Kornuolle, gde proshla bolshaja chast ee zhizni i gde razvorachivajutsja mnogie ee sjuzhety. No vizitnoj kartochkoj pisatelnitsy navsegda stali dva proizvedenija, vdokhnovivshie Alfreda Khichkoka na sozdanie odnoimennykh kinotrillerov: roman "Rebekka" i novella "Ptitsy". Sbornik rasskazov, vposledstvii nazvannyj po etoj znamenitoj novelle, byl opublikovan v 1952 godu: shest sovershenno nepokhozhikh, no odinakovo zavorazhivajuschikh istorij, kotorye mozhno schitat klassicheskimi obraztsami originalnogo stilja Djumore. Pomimo etikh proizvedenij, sostavljajuschikh avtorskij sbornik, v izdanie takzhe vkljuchen dolgoe vremja ne perevodivshijsja na russkij jazyk rasskaz "Schastlivogo Rozhdestva" (1940).

DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION'A great gothic writer' KATE MOSSE'A writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN 'The indisputable queen of the sophisticated literary thriller and historical romance' LAURA SHEPPERSON'She is in a league of her own . . . majestic, terrifying and beautiful' CAMILLA GRUDOVA'Feared and hated by friend and foe. The King's General in the West. The man I love.' On her eighteenth birthday, Honor Harris meets Sir Richard Grenvile - proud, reckless, and utterly captivating - and the pair are drawn irresistibly together. But days before their wedding, a tragic accident leaves Honor partly paralysed, and she reconciles herself to a life alone. Fifteen years later, with the country in turmoil, Honor and Richard meet again. Honor is sheltering with her sister at her Cornish estate, while Richard has risen to become a general in the king's army. With old passions rekindled, Honor must draw on her courage to defend her country and save Richard's life - at any cost.

DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION'Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction . . . brilliantly, marvellously chilling' MAGGIE O'FARRELL'Moody and unnerving' GILLIAN FLYNN'Sinuous and undeniably feral' JULIE MYERSON***'Every day, haunted still by doubt, I ask myself a question which I cannot answer. Was Rachel innocent or guilty?'Philip Ashley has been raised by his cousin Ambrose as heir to his beautiful Cornish estate. But this close-knit world is shattered when Ambrose travels to Florence, where he unexpectedly falls in love and marries - only to die of a strange illness. Before long, his beautiful, mysterious widow arrives in England - and despite himself, Philip is caught in her spell. But is Rachel a victim, a saviour - or a murderess?Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile' NEW YORK TIMES'Du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION'A brilliantly executed thriller' VOGUE'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'The master of slow-burning menace' STACEY HALLS'Her influence on fiction is incalculable, her imagination unsurpassable' ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEYShe was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or earth she loved him. He had kissed her, and she was bound to him for ever.On a bitter November evening, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to seek revenge with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn. But the crumbling inn is no safe haven, and Patience is a changed woman, cowering before her domineering husband Joss. In fear of her life, and disturbed by her powerful attraction to Joss's younger brother, Mary is soon plunged into a brutal world of smuggling and murder in which she can trust no one - not even herself. 'The author's stunning evocation of her beloved Cornwall is the real star of this book' RUTH WARE

Dafna Dju More - znamenitaja anglijskaja pisatelnitsa, avtor romanov, rasskazov, pes, biograficheskikh proizvedenij. Proslavil ee roman "Rebekka", kotoryj byl neodnokratno i uspeshno ekranizirovan Alfredom Khichkokom.Junaja kompanonka kapriznoj pozhiloj amerikanki vykhodit zamuzh za anglijskogo aristokrata Maksimiliana de Vintera. Terzaemyj tajnoj pechalju iz-za smerti pervoj zheny, Maksimilian priezzhaet s novoj zhenoj v svoe rodovoe pomeste Menderli. V ogromnom mrachnom osobnjake i ljudi, i steny, i, kazhetsja, sam vozdukh napominajut novoj khozjajke o ee pogibshej predshestvennitse - prekrasnoj Rebekke. Neadaptirovannyj tekst romana snabzhen kommentarijami i slovarem.

Imja anglijskoj pisatelnitsy Dafny Djumore (1907-1989) znakomo chitateljam vo vsem mire, ee knigi stali klassikoj literatury XX veka i perevedeny na mnogie jazyki. Master intrigi i tonkij psikholog, Dafna Djumore, kak nikto drugoj, umeet derzhat chitatelja v naprjazhenii, nedarom ee tvorchestvo neizmenno vdokhnovljalo izvestnykh kinorezhisserov, vkljuchaja znamenitogo Alfreda Khichkoka, snjavshego po ee proizvedenijam uspeshnye kinofilmy: "Rebekka", "Ptitsy" i "Traktir "Jamajka". Za dolguju tvorcheskuju zhizn Dafna Djumore vypustila poltora desjatka romanov, pesy, romanizirovannye biografii i knigu o Kornuolle, a takzhe neskolko avtorskikh sbornikov maloj prozy: "Ptitsy" (v nastojaschem izdanii v etu podborku vkljuchen takzhe rasskaz "Schastlivogo Rozhdestva", dolgoe vremja ostavavshijsja neizvestnym russkomu chitatelju), "Sinie linzy", "Randevu" i "Ne pozzhe polunochi". Mini-shedevry Dafny Djumore, otrazhaja mnogogrannyj talant avtora, oshelomljajut iskljuchitelnym raznoobraziem tem, sjuzhetov i nastroenij, no ostajutsja v ravnoj mere originalnymi i uvlekatelnymi, kak i vse, chto vykhodilo iz-pod pera Djumore.

* Dovgoochikuvanij dodatkovij nakladFilip u rannomu ditinstvi vtrativ batkiv, i jogo vikhovav dvojuridnij brat Embrouz. Khloptsi majzhe ves chas provodili razom u ridnomu majetku. Zgodom Embrouz buv zmushenij vijikhati do Italiji na likuvannja. Tam vin zustriv daleku rodichku Rejchel, zakokhavsja v neji ta nespodivano virishiv odruzhitisja...Odnak pislja vesillja cholovik zagadkovo pomer. Filip pidozrjuje v ubivstvi druzhinu brata: Embrouz u listakh schos pisav pro sprobi jogo otrujiti. Ta koli charivna Rejchel z'javljajetsja v majetku, Filip sumnivajetsja u svojikh pidozrakh - zhinka zovsim ne skhozha na vbivtsju...

Opovidannja z tsijeji zbirki - motoroshni ta vodnochas privablivi zavdjaki svojij originalnosti* Perevidannja v onovlenomu oformlenniNa stvorennja "Ptakhiv" pismennitsju nadikhnula zvichajna situatsija: avtorka sposterigala za fermerom, jakij pratsjuvav na nivi. Nad cholovikom kruzhljali chajki j zhalibno kvilili. Same todi v dju Mor'je z'javilasja ideja opovidannja, de golodni j nebezpechni ptakhi rozpochali smertelne poljuvannja na ljudej.Mistichno-tajemnicha atmosfera, vid jakoji kholone krov, de nerozrivno pojednani vigadka, realnist, vishukanist sliv ta obraziv, - tsim dikhajut istoriji dju Mor'je.Do zbirki vvijshli opovidannja: "Ptakhi", "Monte-Verita", "Jablunja", "Malenkij fotograf", "Potsiluj mene sche raz, neznajomtsju" i "Starij".

Trilbi O'Firrel - molodaja devushka, kotoraja zhivjot v Parizhe i zarabatyvaet na zhizn tem, chto poziruet dlja skulptorov. Pri polnom otsutstvii muzykalnosti ona, tem ne menee, ochen ljubit pet. I sovsem skoro ona stanet pevitsej, odnako ne tak, kak Trilbi by togo khotelos - s pomoschju gipnoza i kovarstva genialnogo, no zlogo muzykanta Svengali.

Knigi anglijskoj pisatelnitsy Dafny Djumore (1907-1989) stali klassikoj literatury XX veka. Master tonkogo psikhologicheskogo portreta i virtuoz intrigi, Djumore, kak nikto drugoj, umeet derzhat chitatelja v naprjazhenii. Nedarom odnim iz pochitatelej ee talanta byl kinorezhisser Alfred Khichkok, snjavshij po ee proizvedenijam znamenitye kinotrillery: "Rebekka", "Ptitsy", "Traktir "Jamajka"... Roman "V pogone za schastem, ili Meri-Enn", vyshedshij mezhdu znamenitymi knigami "Moja kuzina Rejchel" i "Kozel otpuschenija", byl priznan odnim iz luchshikh proizvedenij Dafny Djumore. Pogruzhajas v atmosferu Anglii XIX stoletija, avtor vossozdaet obraz svoej ekstravagantnoj praprababushki i rasskazyvaet istoriju ee poistine udivitelnoj zhizni, polnoj vzletov i padenij. U Meri-Enn byla neverojatnaja sudba i neverojatnyj kharakter, v kotorom sochetalis raschetlivost i bezrassudnost, doverchivost i lukavstvo, jazvitelnost i dobrodushie, besstrashie i rasputnost... Ej udalos vybratsja iz ubogikh londonskikh truschob, stav izvestnoj kurtizankoj i ljubovnitsej gertsoga Jorkskogo, brata korolja Georga III, dostich vysot vlasti, a zatem, vvjazavshis v gromkij korruptsionnyj skandal i politicheskie intrigi, ona postavila na kartu svoe buduschee i svoju zhizn...

"Dukh ljubvi" (1931) - pervyj roman zamechatelnoj anglijskoj pisatelnitsy Dafny Djumore. Ego sjuzhet razvorachivaetsja na fone zakhvatyvajuschikh pejzazhej Kornuolla, stavshego dlja Djumore vtoroj rodinoj, a takzhe mestom dejstvija i drugikh ee znamenitykh romanov: "Traktir "Jamajka", "Rebekka", "Korolevskij general", "Moja kuzina Rejchel". . . "Dukh ljubvi" - eto semejnaja saga o chetyrekh pokolenijakh kornuollskoj semi Kumbe, vladejuschej korabelnoj verfju. Istorija etoj semi, polnaja pechalej i radostej, vzaimnoj ljubvi i nenavisti, okhvatyvaet sto let, s tridtsatykh godov XIX veka do tridtsatykh godov XX veka. Vposledstvii Djumore priznavalas, chto verit v dukhovnuju svjaz pokolenij, i imenno ob etom ee pervyj roman - o strannoj svjazi, nepodvlastnoj vremeni i smerti, soedinjajuschej rodstvennye dushi, kotorye nesut bremja bespokojstva i stradanija, tomlenija po krasote i svobode, no obretajut pokoj lish drug v druge.

Romanizirovannuju istoriju svoej semi Dafna Djumore opublikovala v 1937 godu, v vozraste tridtsati let. Pisatelnitsa stojala na poroge slavy: uzhe vyshel roman "Traktir "Jamajka", a vsego cherez god budet izdana "Rebekka", ee glavnyj mirovoj bestseller. Pogruzhajas v atmosferu Evropy devjatnadtsatogo stoletija, pisatelnitsa vossozdaet zhizn svoikh anglo-frantsuzskikh predkov - ot praprababki, ljubovnitsy gertsoga Jorkskogo, do deda, znamenitogo romanista i khudozhnika Dzhordzha Djumore. "V istorii polno burnykh sobytij i groznykh udarov sudby - tut propavshij muzh, tam skandal i sudebnoe razbiratelstvo, - no vse oni podany v forme romanticheskoj komedii i neverojatno zanimatelny", kak skazano v predislovii k anglijskomu izdaniju. Dafna Djumore vsegda s azartom issledovala kharaktery i sudby ljudej, tainstvennye niti, kotorymi nastojaschee svjazano s proshlym, neizmenno obnaruzhivaja "prizraki povsjudu - ne blednye fantomy, gremjaschie tsepjami cherez vechnost... skripjaschie polovitsami v pustykh domakh, a veselye teni bylogo"..

"Dom na beregu" - odin iz poslednikh romanov anglijskoj pisatelnitsy Dafny Djumore, imja kotoroj znajut vo vsem mire. Kak i vo mnogikh sochinenijakh Djumore, sredi kotorykh takie izvestnye proizvedenija, kak "Rebekka", "Traktir "Jamajka" i "Kuzina Rejchel", dejstvie romana razvorachivaetsja v Kornuolle, gde proshla bolshaja chast zhizni pisatelnitsy. V starinnyj dom na beregu zaliva priezzhaet Dik Jang, nadejas otdokhnut tam ot suety londonskoj zhizni. Osobnjak prinadlezhit ego davnishnemu prijatelju Magnusu Lejnu, professoru biofiziki. V obmen na gostepriimstvo Magnus prosit Dika ispytat na sebe dejstvie sozdannogo im "eliksira", kotoryj, kak uverjaet professor, obladaet vesma neobychnym svojstvom soedinjat proshloe i buduschee. Inoj mir, v kotoryj pogruzhaetsja Dik, okazyvaetsja namnogo realnee toj zhizni, kotoruju on vel do sikh por...

From the author of Rebecca and The Birds: a classic thriller of shipwreck and murder, "rich in suspense and surprise" (New York Times Book Review). On a bitter November evening, young Mary Yellan journeys across the rainswept moors to Jamaica Inn in honor of her mother's dying request. When she arrives, the warning of the coachman begins to echo in her memory, for her aunt Patience cowers before hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn. Terrified of the inn's brooding power, Mary gradually finds herself ensnared in the dark schemes being enacted behind its crumbling walls -- and tempted to love a man she dares not trust. The inspiration for the 1939 Alfred Hitchcock film.

"Rebekka", "Frantsuzova bukhta", "Korolevskij general", "Moja kuzina Rejchel", "Kozel otpuschenija"... Knigi anglijskoj pisatelnitsy Dafny Djumore polzujutsja ogromnym uspekhom vo vsem mire. Djumore ne tolko master psikhologicheskogo portreta, no i virtuoz intrigi. Ej kak nikomu udaetsja sozdat "atmosferu" i derzhat chitatelja v postojannom naprjazhenii. Nedarom odnim iz pochitatelej ee talanta byl Alfred Khichkok, snjavshij po proizvedenijam Djumore filmy "Ptitsy" i "Rebekka". V romane "Kozel otpuschenija" povestvuetsja o sobytijakh, perevernuvshikh zhizn obitatelej starinnogo frantsuzskogo zamka. A nachalos vse s togo, chto geroj romana reshil sbezhat ot obydennosti i problem sobstvennoj zhizni. No na puti k svobode on vstrechaet... sebja, vernee, svoego dvojnika. Chem obernetsja eta vstrecha i kto stanet "kozlom otpuschenija", predostavljaem chitateljam uznat samim.