A beguiling landmark of Australian literature, it stands with Shirley Jacksons We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca, and Jeffrey Eugenides The Virgin Suicides as a masterpiece of intrigue- Book Synopsis *Now a six-part TV series starring Natalie Dormer, from Amazon Prime* A 50th-anniversary edition of the landmark novel about three gone girls that inspired the acclaimed 1975 film, featuring a foreword by Maile Meloy, author of Do Not Become Alarmed It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900. Mysterious and subtly erotic, Picnic at Hanging Rock inspired the iconic 1975 film of the same name by Peter Weir. Farther, higher, until at last they disappeared. After lunch, a group of three girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of the secluded volcanic outcropping. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900. About the Book A 50th-anniversary edition of the haunting novel about the disappearance of three boarding school girls that inspired the acclaimed film.
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