A beguiling landmark of Australian literature, it stands with Shirley Jackson'sWe Have Always Lived in the Castle, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and Jeffrey Eugenides'The Virgin Suicides as a masterpiece of haunting intrigue. 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. Summary : The classic novel about the disappearance of three boarding school girls that inspired the acclaimed film It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900.A cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred. Comments : First edition complete with Dust Jacket The classic, atmospheric Australian thriller about the mysterious disappearance of a group of young girls.
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