false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170367872m/50241.jpg 50241 9 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. 49087 book 1995 The Birds and Other Stories total:279|5:77|4:114|3:82|2:4|1:2| 279 1097 453 18 4 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Apr 13 20:34:47 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 13 20:51:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 13:07:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:35:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 20:54:22 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 02:53:07 -0700 2009
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Wait you humans, one day the birds will come and get you.]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 10 07:05:53 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 07:07:04 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Oct 26 21:16:51 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:17:25 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Oct 03 12:42:28 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 12:42:28 -0700 2007 4 0 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Nov 24 21:22:51 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 21:22:51 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 24 13:43:17 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 13:43:17 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=50241