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The Birds
| Author: | Daphne du Maurier |
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Original English publication, 1952 |
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| Book Type: | Novelette |
| Genre: | Horror |
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Film & Television Adaptations
The Birds
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
3/28/1963
Synopsis
The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to Menabilly Barton farm from the house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field whilst above him the seagulls were diving and wheeling. She developed an idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him. In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food--first the seagulls, then birds of prey, and finally even small birds--all turn against mankind. The nightmarish vision appealed to Hitchcock who turned it into the celebrated film.
This novelette originally appeared in Good Housekeeping, October 1952. It has been anthologized and collected many times.
It was the basis for the 1963 movie The Birds.
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