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Alfred Hitchcock
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Edgar Allan Poe :
'At sixteen I discovered the work of Edgar Allan Poe. I happened to read first his biography, and the sadness of his life made a great impression on me. I felt an enormous pity for him, because in spite of his talent he had never been happy.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Hitchcock Print: Book
Edgar Allan Poe : Tales Arabesque and Grotesque
'When I came home from the office where I worked, I went straight to my room, took out the cheap edition of "Tales Grotesque and Arabesque", and began to read.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Hitchcock Print: Book
Edgar Allan Poe : The Murders in the Rue Morgue
'I still remember my feelings when I finished "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". I was afraid, but this fear made me discover something I've never forgotten since: fear, you see, is an emotion people like to feel when they know they are safe.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Hitchcock Print: Book
: Motion Picture Daily
'There used to be a bookshop just off Leicester Square, near the Leicester Galleries, and upstairs they had all kinds of American trade magazines...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Hitchcock Print: Serial / periodical
: Motion Picture Herald
'There used to be a bookshop just off Leicester Square, near the Leicester Galleries, and upstairs they had all kinds of American trade magazines...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Hitchcock Print: Serial / periodical
: Cinematograph Lantern Weekly
'There used to be a bookshop just off Leicester Square, near the Leicester Galleries, and upstairs they had all kinds of American trade magazines...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Hitchcock Print: Serial / periodical
: The Bioscope
'There used to be a bookshop just off Leicester Square, near the Leicester Galleries, and upstairs they had all kinds of American trade magazines...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Hitchcock Print: Serial / periodical
Gustav Flaubert : Madame Bovary
[Spoto states that Hitchcock read Flaubert when he was around 15 or 16 and] 'He afterwards admitted that his favourite character in fiction was Emma Bovary.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Alfred Hitchcock Print: Book
Marie Corelli : The Sorrows of Satan
[Spoto states that Hitchcock read Marie Corelli's "The Sorrows of Satan" in 1920/21 in preparation for helping to make a film of it which was afterwards abandoned.]
