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209:" tells of an isolated mountain, home to a mysterious sect rumoured to be immortal and feared by the local communities from whom it attracts young women who are never heard of again. It is told from the viewpoint of a nameless mountaineer whose best friend's wife disappears on a trip to climb the peak. 29: 233:" follows the actions of a man who, following the death of his unloved wife, suspects her spirit inhabits an old apple tree in his garden. He eventually cuts it down, with tragic consequence. 244:
bored and dissatisfied with her life who attempts to spice up her life by having an affair with a photographer whilst holidaying on the French Mediterranean coast.
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noted that while nearly half the work fell into the fantasy genre, some bordering on science fiction, the stories were "largely overlong and not too original."
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in 1963 under the current title. In the United States an expanded version was published in 1953 under the title
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home from work, and is led to a cemetery. Only later does the mechanic discover the terrible truth about her.
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farmhand, his family, and his community are attacked by flocks of birds.
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Kiss Me Again, Stranger: A Collection of Eight Stories, Long and Short
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including two additional stories, "The Split Second" and "No Motive".
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Reviewing the American edition in the May 1953 edition of
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The Apple Tree: A Short Novel and Several Long Stories
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A BBC radio 4 adaptation of The Apple Tree starring
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The 1952 first UK edition under its original title,
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Index


Daphne du Maurier
Val Biro
Gollancz
OCLC
1278358
Daphne du Maurier
Gollancz
Penguin
Doubleday
The Birds
film of the same name
Alfred Hitchcock
The Birds
horror story
Cornish
Marquise
usherette
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Boucher
McComas
"The Birds"
many adaptations
Alfred Hitchcock
of the same name
CBS
Charles Gray


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