by Daphne Du Maurier, Derek Strange · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140814743
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«The Birds» is the suspense story by Daphne du Maurier adapted by Derek Strange, in paperback, published by Pearson Education Limited, in English.
In a rural area of the Cornish coast, a very cold winter brings an unexpected threat: thousands of common birds turn violent and attack people. The adaptation preserves the suspense of the original story, in which nature rebels against human beings.
The original story by Daphne du Maurier was published in 1952. This abridged edition belongs to the Penguin Readers series, level 2 (elementary), with a vocabulary of about 500 words and illustrations.
For students of English as a foreign language (ELT/ESL) at elementary level and for readers starting out with suspense.
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather George du Maurier was a writer and cartoonist. Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive.
