yeah, i'm sure she had perfect reasoning for the poet-pirate think, but it does sound a wee bit random. i thought frenchmen's creek was a little bit of a disappointment as well - good, but not her best.

i can never decide which is my favourite though. rebecca will always have a special place in my heart cuz it was the first i read and it is brilliant. and i really loved rule britannia actually - it's been a while since i read it, but i remember certain characters and events really standing out (one character in particular who i almost fell in love with!) and being set in more modern times it was easier to relate to. i must reas it again actually.

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I'm not sure what it was in FC that didn't quite "click" with me. I was bitterly disappointed with the ending as I believe we were led to the think that she was going to run away with the Frenchman, and also because every other story with a similar plotline, has the heroine staying, this would be the opposite. So, I was flabbergasted when she stood on the shore watching him disappear.

Rebecca will always have a special place in my heart as well. I read it only because I saw the Alfred Hitchcock film, and I really love the book and the film did it justice. I then saw the Hitchcock film Jamica Inn (no justice whatsoever) and then I read the book. I loved that one as well...I was literally tingling with anticipation of the meetings between Jem and Mary.......

Our library has recently bought more of her books (huzzah!) but I don't think Rule Britannia is among them. I will have to look out for it.

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hitchcock's rebecca is amazing - joan fontaine is perfect as the second mrs de winter, mrs danvers is wonderfully creepy and the fact that it's in black and white adds to the atmosphere. i've seen a bbc adaptation and it's just not as good in color. i was a bit disappointed that hitch wimped out as far as rebecca's death was concerned - her falling over just isn't as dramatic as max shooting her, and you don't feel the same sense of panic about him getting caught because the only thing he did wrong was lying about the manner of her death and wasting police time.

i was really disappointed with hitch's the birds actually (based on a du maurier short story). he's my favourite director, and i love everything else of his that i've seen, but i do have a few gripes about this one. he just doesn't capture the claustrophobia of the short story properly - the story scared me far more than the film did. m night shyamalan's signs is closer to the atmosphere du maurier created.

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I totally agree. I love that film so much, so when I found out it was based on a book I had to read it. The cast was fantastic and really brought the characters to life. I actually haven't seen the BBC version, but as it's competing with a Hitchcock classic, I doubt it would be as good. I think the problem was, that the time it was made people didn't get away with crime. And especially if you cast the Shakespearan actor legend like Olivier, then you would not expect him to commit a crime! On the whole though, it was a surprisingly failtful adaptation.

I really don't like The Birds. Even though Hitch is one of my favourites, I find most of his 1950-60's films, were he tended to use American actors and America as a backdrop, lack the appeal, individuality and eccentricity of his earlier work. I have never read the Birds, but I'm sure it wouldn't be set in a small dowtown American town. I can't find anything to like about the Birds. So, I'm hoping the story will be better..it can't be any worse..

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Aww, I have to say, My Cousin Rachel isn't my favourite in the slightest.

I forgot to say before, while I was on holiday I read The King's General which I liked, but, again, the ending wasn't great. I think Daphne's books are really good, but the endings have something to answer for.

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Yea, it was good, as I said. But the ending...
I think she must have had a different style to a lot of people regarding how to end a book.

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Ta-dah!

Sounds good to me, JF-ish-ness. I look forward to the summer hols when I can read lots and lots, when I want. At the moment it's all work, work, work.

Although *strokes Frenchman's Creek* don't listen to her, she liked you really.

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Indeedy, give it a second chance.

And eep. You've turned...into...Sweeney Todd!

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