| Marnie | |
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First Edition UK cover |
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| Author(s) | Winston Graham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | crime novel |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Publication date | 1961 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 286 p. |
| ISBN | N/A |
Marnie is a 1961 English novel written by Winston Graham, about a young woman who makes a living by embezzling from her employers, moving on, and changing her identity. She is finally caught in the act by one of her employers, a young widower named Mark Rutland, who blackmails her into marriage. Her compulsive stealing and sexual frigidity sends the troubled woman to the brink of suicide and she eventually must face the trauma from her past which is the root cause of her behavior.
It was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's suspense film Marnie in 1964, where the setting was changed from England to the United States of America, details of the story were changed and the ending was changed to a more optimistic one. It was also adapted into a play by Sean O'Connor in 2001, and the setting was reverted back to England.[1]
In Tony Lee Moral's book Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie, Winston Graham revealed that the inspiration for "Marnie" came from three real-life incidents: