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 The Birds Quotes
2,729 words, approx. 9 pages
 The Birds is a 1963 film about a small California town where birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people, in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock . Written by Evan Hunter , based on a short story by...
 
| Name: |
Daphne du Maurier | | Variant Name: |
Browning, Lady | | Birth Date: |
May 13, 1907 | | Death Date: |
April 19, 1989 | | Place of Birth: |
London, England | | Place of Death: |
Par, Cornwall, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of Daphne du Maurier
6475 words, approx. 21.6 pages
 When Daphne du Maurier died at age 81 in 1989 at her home in her beloved Cornwall, England, obituary writers around the world sharpened their pencils. A writer in the London Times called her "one of the most popular novelists in the English-speaking worl... summary from source:
 Biography of Daphne du Maurier
4055 words, approx. 13.5 pages
Daphne du Maurier lived in Cornwall for forty years, twenty-five of them in Menabilly, a seventeenth-century house that she described as the most beautiful she had ever seen. Cornwall, a region of mystery and superstition, the home of legendary figures s... summary from source:
 Biography of Daphne du Maurier
1757 words, approx. 5.9 pages
In a writing career that spanned over four decades and brought her international renown, Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) published in a number of different genres. Among her most popular works were those that spun tales of mystery, suspense, and drama, inc...
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 The Birds Information
956 words, approx. 3 pages
"The Birds" is a famous novella by Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection The Apple Tree, and reprinted in the 1963 collection The Birds and Other Stories. It is about a part-time farmhand, Nat Hocken, and his family, his children...
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 Hecate To be a bird. (short story)
10/01/1995: 873 words, approx. 3 pages I'm too skinny for the sea. Dugongs and seals and whales are covered in fat. The sea is cold and I'm no fish. It's cold, a cold as clear as glass. My feet shrink from the water but still I plod along the... summary from source:
Environmental History telling stories about extinct birds
10/01/2005: 984 words, approx. 3 pages telling stories about extinct birds MY INTEREST IN the environment developed early. As a boy, I was drawn to the outdoors-the Chesapeake, the eastern end of Long Island, southwestern Georgia, various parts of New England, and, for the better part of one year,... summary from source:
 AP News Rats are eating the birds in Alaska
11/27/2007: 793 words, approx. 3 pagesMore than 200 years ago, rats jumped ship for Rat Island.The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on the rugged, uninhabited island in far southwestern Alaska in 1780 after a rodent-infested Japanese ship ran aground. It was the first time rats had made it to Alaska.Since... summary from source:
The New York Observer As the Bird Turns: Nightingale Ballet Warbles, Wobbles
6/12/2007: 680 words, approx. 2 pagesA pale moon is projected onto the upper-left corner of the backdrop—a moon that turns into a huge eye that blinks and seems to weep. A huddle of dancers in brown suddenly spurt a single red rose. These and other startling effects somewhat animate Christopher...
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 Essay Grade: 88%The Birds
791 words, approx. 3 pages
Analyzes the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Birds. Describes how the birds in the film symbolize different characters. Considers the importance the three main female characters have to Mitch and details how this is shown through paralleling and symbolism.
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