It was unusual to read a book after I have watched a movie so many times. I am very glad I decided to read this book. And if you haven't I don't want to spoil either the book or the movie. If you have seen the movie you can guess some of the plot points. The plot has many twists and turns after this point and I don't want to reveal any more. The book is a story of obsession and deceit. He saves her and then becomes obsessed with her, continuing to see her and developing a relationship.Īll of this takes place in France shortly before the German occupation of France during World War II. Eventually he sees her try to commit suicide by jumping into a river. Gévigne, a wealthy shipbuilder, and Flavières, a lawyer, were once in school together, which explains why Gévigne makes this strange request and why Flavières gives in against his better judgment.įlavières does start following Madeleine, watching her behavior. Gévigne's wife, Madeleine, is acting strangely and he is afraid she will disappear or hurt herself. The book opens with Paul Gévigne asking Roger Flavières to watch over his wife and protect her from herself. There are significant differences between the book and the film but the basic story is the same. It was the basis for Hitchcock's film, Vertigo. It does not store any personal data.This book was originally published in France in 1954 as D'entre les morts in 1956 it was translated to English and published as The Living and the Dead. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. This cookie is used to enable payment on the website without storing any patment information on a server.

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