The Birds and Other Stories

"The Apple Tree (anthology)" redirects here. For the musical, see The Apple Tree. For the song, see The Apple Tree (song).
The Birds and Other Stories

The first UK edition under its original title, The Apple Tree
Author Daphne Du Maurier
Original title The Apple Tree
Cover artist Val Biro
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Gollancz
Publication date
1952
Media type Print, audio and eBook
Pages 264
OCLC 1278358

The Birds and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Daphne du Maurier, originally published in 1952 as The Apple Tree by Gollancz in the United Kingdom. It includes "The Birds," which was made into a film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. The anthology was published in the United States as Kiss Me Again, Stranger by Doubleday[1] and then has been republished under the current name, The Birds and Other Stories.

Stories

Reception

Reviewing the American edition in F&SF, Boucher and McComas noted that while nearly half the work fell into the fantasy genre, some bordering on science fiction, the stories were "largely overlong and not too original."[2] In contrast Dan Schneider was very positive, "a memorable volume...she was a hell of a great writer, and these are simply, with one exception, great, great short stories in every aspect of the craft. You will not regret reading them." (the exception being "The Little Photographer").[3]

Adaptations

Publication history

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References

External links

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