The Apple Tree (anthology)

"The Apple Tree" is a collection of short stories by Daphne du Maurier published in 1952 by Gollancz. It included "The Birds" which was made into a film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963, the anthology was then republished under the name "The Birds and Other Stories".

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*"The Birds" in which inexplicably birds begin attacking man. It is told from the viewpoint of Nat Hocken a farm worker in coastal Cornwall and his family.main|The Birds (story)

*"Monte Verità" 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 who's best friends wife disappears on a trip to climb the peak. It is based on the actual colony of Monte Verità in Switzerland which preached a return to nature.

*"The Apple Tree" follows the actions of a man who following the death of his neglected wife suspects her spirit inhabits an old apple tree in his garden which he resolves to remove...

*"The Little Photographer" tells of a rich Marquise bored and disatisfied with her life who attempts to spice up her life by having an affair with a photographer whilst holidaying on the French Mediterranean coast.

*"Kiss Me Again, Stranger" in which a shy mechanic follows a cinema usherette home from work and is led to a cemetery.

*"The Old Man" follows a family history as told by a neighbour who suspects the father of killing one of their children.

External links

* [http://www.laurahird.com/newreview/birds.html review]