![]() ![]() " The Apple Tree" follows the actions of a man who, following the death of his neglected wife, suspects her spirit inhabits an old apple tree in his garden which he resolves to remove, but never gets around to doing so. Here's what drew me in a few weeks ago from Wikipedia: ![]() My husband, the kind soul that he is, surprised me tonight - after deciding to stop into one of the libraries we hadn't been to in a while, he found Daphne du Maurier's Classics of the Macabre and surprised me after dinner with it, opened to "The Apple Tree." I tried to find it in a couple of the regular places I go to, but to no avail. ![]() I picked up the collection of short stories in Don't Look Now, which are selected by Patrick McGrath (my review of his book Asylum can be found by clicking here), but I've been eager to read "The Apple Tree" which is not included in that collection. ![]() Thankfully, I've read a few short stories in the past day that I now feel comfortable to post tonight for this challenge. Part of the reason why I've been wanting to read Daphne du Maurier is because I signed up for a challenge hosted by Chrisbookarama a while ago.and I've been feeling a touch guilty every time I look at the beautiful button of Du Maurier on my sidebar. ![]()
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