Name: The Apple Tree

Full name: The Apple Tree: A Short Novel and Some Stories

Author: Daphne Du Maurier
Year: 1952
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Horror, Short Stories, Classic, Mystery, Fiction

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ISBNs:
9780575075221
0575075228
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.
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