Rear Window (Collins English library) - Softcover

Woolrich, Cornell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0003707350 ISBN 13: 9780003707359

Publisher: Longman ELT, 1991

Synopsis

The story that inspired the Alfred Hitchcock film masterpiece! Cornell Woolrich. His name represents steamy, suspenseful fiction, chilling encounters on the dark and sultry landscape of urban America in the 1930s and 1940s. Here, in this special collection, are his classic thrilers, including 'Rear Window', the story of Hal Jeffries who, trapped in his apartment because of a broken leg, takes to watching his neighbours through his rear window, and becomes certain that one of those neighbours is a murderer. Also included are such haunting, heart-stopping tales as those involving a man who finds his wife buried alive; a girl trapped with a deranged murderer who likes to knife his victims while dancing; and a woman seizing her chance to escape a sadistic husband, only to find her dream go terrifyingly wrong.

About this title

About the Author:

Cornell Woolrich, along with Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain, was one of the creators of the noir genre. He is the author of many seminal works including REAR WINDOW, the basis of the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

Synopsis:

Level 4 (vocabulary=1500) graded reader - a thriller in which a bedridden photographer witnesses a murder in a neighbour's apartment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman ELT
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0003707350
• ISBN 13: 9780003707359
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80