| International Standard Book Number |
9781668204269
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| Personal Name |
Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989, author.
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| Title Statement |
After midnight : thirteen tales for the dark hours / Daphne Du Maurier.
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| Edition Statement |
First Scribner hardcover edition.
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| Publisher |
New York : Scribner, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xv, 510 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent.
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia.
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
After Midnight : an appreciation / The The The The The The by Stephen King -- The blue lenses -- Don't look now -- apple tree -- alibi -- doll -- Ganymede -- Leading lady -- Not after midnight -- Split second -- pool -- birds -- Monte Verità -- breakthrough.
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| Summary, Etc. |
After Midnight brings together some of du Maurier's darkest, most haunting stories, ranging from literary thriller to twisted love story. Alongside "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now," both of which inspired films -- are stories such as "Monte Verità ," about obsession, mysticism, and tragic love, and "The Alibi," a tale of an ordinary man's descent into lies, manipulation, and sinister fantasies that edge dangerously close to reality. In "The Blue Lenses," a woman recovering from eye surgery finds she now perceives those around her as having animal heads corresponding to their true natures. "Not After Midnight" follows a schoolteacher on holiday in Crete who finds a foreboding message from the chalet's previous occupant who drowned while swimming at night. In "The Breakthrough," a scientist conducts experiments to harness the power of death, blurring the line between genius and madness.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Short stories, American.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Supernatural Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mental illness Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Gothic fiction. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Romance fiction. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Short stories. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Fiction) lcgft.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
King, Stephen, 1947- author of introduction.
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