Picnic at Hanging Rock
1967 • 186 pages
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
15
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
*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. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. 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. Farther, higher, until at last they disappeared. They never returned. . . . Mysterious and subtly erotic, Picnic at Hanging Rock inspired the iconic 1975 film of the same name by Peter Weir. A beguiling landmark of Australian literature, it stands with Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, and Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides as a masterpiece of intrigue.
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would rather snort crushed up shards of glass than ever read this again
Dark ans suspenseful, filled with memorable characters and almost palpable tension.
I watched the recent miniseries towards the end of 2018 and enjoyed it and wanted to read the book. It was interesting enough, but not great. It seemed unfocused a lot of the time and trying too hard. I'm not quite sure how people thought it was a true story...
