Ruth Rendell

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Ruth Rendell (2007)

Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh CBE (born February 17, 1930 in South Woodford , London , † May 2, 2015 in London), who also wrote under the pseudonym Barbara Vine , was a British bestselling author. She was best known for both her detective and psychological novels; she wrote thrillers as Barbara Vine and detective novels as Ruth Rendell.

Her works are characterized by their elegant prose and, like Rendell himself, have repeatedly received prestigious literary prizes. The British newspaper The Guardian included no fewer than five of its novels and thrillers in its list of 1000 novels everyone should read in 2009.

Life

Ruth Rendell was born Ruth Barbara Grasemann in London in 1930. Her parents were both teachers. Her mother, Ebbe Elise, was Swedish but grew up in Denmark. Her father Arthur, on the other hand, was English. Due to the very limited financial circumstances of his family, Arthur Grasemann left school at the age of 14 and completed an apprenticeship in a shipyard. However, he could not find a job afterwards, continued his education and eventually became a teacher of mathematics and science. Rendell was the couple's only child. Her mother contracted multiple sclerosis shortly after the birth of her daughter .

Rendell grew up in South Woodford on the northeastern outskirts of London. She went to school in Loughton, Essex and then worked for some time as a journalist for her local newspaper, the Chigwell Times , and from 1948 for the Essex Express and Independent . While working for this newspaper, she met Donald Rendell, who was also working as a journalist for this paper at the time. They married, and after the birth of their only son, Rendell was a housewife for ten years. In parallel with her housework, she began to write in various literary genres. However, neither her first novels nor her short stories found a publisher. Rendell began working on a detective novel in the early 1960s because, in their opinion, a novel of this literary genre offered the greatest chance of being published. Rendell herself was not particularly interested in detective novels, even if she thought she remembered reading Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers , two of the more important representatives of the so-called Golden Age of the Whodunnit , as girls . An editor at Hutchinson Verlag whom her husband knew took on the novel. From Doon With Death (dt. Lots of love from death ), Rendell's first detective story to detectives Inspector Reginald Wexford, appeared in 1964. Rendell received for the novel £ 75.

Wexford became the protagonist of a whole series that grew to 24 novels by 2014 and made Rendell one of the most successful writers in Great Britain. Until 2014 she wrote another 28 detective novels without the protagonist Wexford and since 1986 she has also written a number of psychological thrillers as Barbara Vine , a pseudonym made up of her middle name and the maiden name of her grandmother. The choice of an additional pseudonym was never intended to conceal the true identity of the author, but was widely published. It should be a guide to the reader as to which form of novel to expect. The novels written under the pseudonym Vine show only marginal elements of a detective novel. Mostly they grapple with the fact that past events have far-reaching effects on the novel's protagonists. In contrast to the novels and short stories published under the name of Ruth Rendell, Rendell was able to dispense with elements typical of detective novels such as clues, forensics, witness interviews and occasionally even completely without the description of a police investigation.

Rendell consistently shielded her private life from the public. It is known that she divorced her husband in 1975. However, the two remarried years later. Rendell's son now lives with his family in the United States, where he works as a psychotherapist . The Rendell couple lived in rural Suffolk for a long time. Rendell moved 18 times in her life. Most recently Ruth Rendell lived and worked in London again. Like her friend PD James , who died in 2014 , Rendell has been a member of the House of Lords since she was raised to the nobility in 2007 . Unlike PD James, Rendell represented Labor Party positions there . Rendell was always interested in social issues - this is also evidenced by her more recent novels. Simisola (German The Visitor , published 1994), Road Rage (German Who sows Discord , published 1997) and Harm done (German Das Verderben , published 1999) deal with the social consequences of racism, environmental pollution and domestic issues, among other things Violence apart.

Working method

According to his own admission, Rendell was fascinated by the chain of events that turn an actually banal occurrence into something with unexpected consequences. In a 1983 interview with U.S. publisher John C. Carr, Ruth Rendell said:

“I collect coincidences in people's lives. Yes, actually, I like to write about coincidence, the kind of coincidence that makes you turn left instead of right and how it changes the way things go. "

Rendell often reveals the act and perpetrators at the beginning of a novel. So her novel begins A Judgment in Stone (dt. Judgment in Stone , 1977) with the words:

"Eunice Parchman murdered the Coverdale family because they could not read or write."

Based on this sentence, Rendell describes the chain of coincidences and misunderstandings that led to the fact that four people were murdered while listening to a radio broadcast of an opera performance. However, it is also typical of Rendell's crime novels that the perpetrators are subjected to some form of punishment.

Rendell is known for her elegant and polished prose and her astute observation of human behavior. Together with PD James , she is considered to be one of the most important representatives of psychological crime novels in England, which no longer focuses on the search for the perpetrator as in classic crime novels, but rather deals with the circumstances and motives of crimes. Many of Ruth Rendell's novels have been made into films, including a television series starring Inspector Wexford.

Awards in recognition of the literary life's work

Other important literature awards

Works

Inspector Wexford Series

  • 1964 From Doon With Death
    • All love from death. German by Monika Wittek. Ullstein, Berlin 1979, ISBN 3-548-01969-2 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Edith Walter. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-499-42731-1 .
  • 1967 A New Lease of Death
    • Murder is a difficult legacy. German by Renate Steinbach. Ullstein, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-548-01879-3 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Denis Scheck. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1987, ISBN 3-499-42789-3 .
  • 1967 Wolf to the Slaughter
    • Sweat of fear. German by Ilse Bezzenberger. Ullstein, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-548-10224-7 .
    • New edition: The wolf on the slaughter. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-499-42996-9 .
  • 1969 The Best Man to Die
    • Hen party murder. German by Renate Steinbach. Ullstein, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-548-01681-2 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Ilse Bezzenberger. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, 1987, ISBN 3-499-42848-2 .
  • 1970 A Guilty Thing Surprised
    • The love of evil angels. German by Renate Steinbach. Ullstein, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-548-01926-9 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Denis Scheck. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-499-42830-X .
  • 1971 No More Dying Then
    • Guilt does not expire. German by Ute Tanner. Ullstein, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-548-01916-1 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Monika Elwenspoek. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-499-42878-4 .
  • 1972 Murder Being Once Done
    • The dead in the wrong grave. German by Monika Wittek. Ullstein, Berlin 1979, ISBN 3-548-10007-4 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Ilse Bezzenberger. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-499-42874-1 .
  • 1973 Some Lie and Some Die
    • Phantom in red. German by Ursula Goldschmidt. Ullstein, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-548-01842-4 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Ute Tanner. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-499-42875-X .
  • 1975 Shake Hands For Ever
    • The kiss of the snake. German by Renate Steinbach. Ullstein, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-548-01824-6 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Ilse Bezzenberger. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-499-42934-9 .
  • 1978 A Sleeping Life
    • Living with a double bottom. German by Ute Tanner. Ullstein, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-548-01939-0 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Ilse Bezzenberger. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-499-42898-9 .
  • 1981 Put On By Cunning
    • Through violence and cunning. German by Ilse Bezzenberger. Ullstein, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-548-10151-8 .
  • 1983 The Speaker of Mandarin
    • Through the gateway to heavenly peace. German by Edith Walter. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1984, ISBN 3-499-42684-6 .
  • 1985 To Unkindness of Ravens
    • The cruelty of the ravens. German by Edith Walter. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-499-42741-9 .
  • 1988 The Veiled One
    • The veiled one. German by Friedrich A. Hofschuster. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-499-26224-X .
  • 1992 Kissing the Gunner's Daughter
    • A disarming woman. German by Christian Spiel. Blanvalet, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7645-1072-2 .
  • 1994 Simisola
  • 1997 Road Rage
    • Who sows discord. German by Cornelia C. Walter. Blanvalet, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-442-05471-0 .
  • 1998 Harm Done
  • 2002 The Babes in the Wood
  • 2005 End in Tears
  • 2007 Not in the Flesh
  • 2009 The Monster in the Box
  • 2011 The Vault (not yet translated)
    • It is a sequel to A Sight for Sore Eyes (see below, "Other Novels")
  • 2013 No Man's Nightingale

Other novels

  • 1965 To Fear a Painted Devil
    • Death falls out of the ordinary. German by Renate Steinbach. Ullstein, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-548-01860-2 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Monika Wittek-Elwenspoek. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-499-42754-0 .
  • 1965 Vanity Dies Hard - Reissued 1970: Beagle
    • The blinded. German by Monika Wittek-Elwenspoek. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-499-42763-X .
  • 1968 The Secret House of Death
    • House of a Thousand Lies. German by Sigrid Kellner. Ullstein, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-548-01669-3 .
    • Unabridged new translation: The secret house of death. German by Denis Scheck. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1987, ISBN 3-499-42814-8 .
  • 1971 One Across, Two Down
    • Murder is the solution to the riddle. German by Renate Steinbach. Ullstein, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-548-01898-X .
    • Unabridged new translation, German by Ute Tanner. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-499-42899-7 .
  • 1974 The Face of Trespass
    • Escape is not an escape. German by Renate Steinbach. Ullstein, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-548-01693-6 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Edith Walter. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-499-42712-5 .
  • 1976 A Demon in My View - Gold Dagger 1976
    • Demon behind top stores. German by Renate Steinbach. Ullstein, Berlin 1976, ISBN 3-548-01790-8 .
    • Unabridged new translation by Edith Walter, with an afterword by Bernd Jost. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1984, ISBN 3-499-42677-3 .
  • 1977 A Judgment in Stone
    • Judgment in stone. German by Edith Walter, with an afterword by Bernd Jost. Ullstein, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-548-10134-8 .
  • 1978 Make Death Love Me - Swedish Crime Award - International 1980
    • Some dreams have no awakening. German by Edith Walter. Ullstein, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-548-10044-9 .
  • 1980 The Lake of Darkness
    • Lake of darkness. German by Ilse Bezzenberger. Ullstein, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-548-10099-6 .
  • 1982 Master of the Moor - Prix ​​du Roman d'Aventures 1982
    • The lord of the moor. German by Ilse Bezzenberger. Ullstein, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-548-10200-X .
  • 1983 The Killing Doll
    • The pact. German by Edith Walter, with an afterword by Helga Riedel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-499-42709-5 .
  • 1984 The Tree of Hands - Silver Dagger 1984
    • The mothers' masks. German by Edith Walter. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-499-42723-0 .
  • 1986 Live Flesh - Gold Dagger 1986 and Deutscher Krimipreis - International 2 1988
    • In a blind panic. German by Ilse Bezzenberger. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1987, ISBN 3-499-23074-7 .
  • 1987 Talking to Strange Men
    • Don't talk to strangers. German by Edith Walter. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-499-42869-5 .
  • 1987 Heartstones
  • 1989 The Bridesmaid
  • 1990 The Strawberry Tree
    • The house of secret desires. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Blanvalet, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-442-05500-8 .
  • 1988 going wrong
  • 1993 The Crocodile Bird - Palle Rosenkrantz Prize 1994
    • The crocodile guardian. German by Cornelia C. Walter. Blanvalet, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-7645-5827-X .
  • 1996 The Keys to the Street
    • The gift of the heart. German by Cornelia C. Walter. Blanvalet, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7645-0113-8 .
  • 1998 A Sight for Sore Eyes
    • The eccentric. German by Cornelia C. Walter. Blanvalet, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7645-0050-6 .
  • 2001 Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
    • The love fraud. German by Cornelia C. Walter. Blanvalet, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7645-0053-0 .
    • also as an audio book, read by Hansi Jochmann, director: Wolf-D. Fruck, Cologne: Random House Audio 2003, ISBN 3-89830-526-0 .
  • 2003 The Rottweiler
  • 2004 13 steps down
  • 2006 The Water's Lovely
  • 2008 Portobello
  • 2010 Tigerlily's Orchids
  • 2012 The St. Zita Society
  • 2014 The Girl Next Door
  • 2015 Dark Corners

Children's books

stories

  • 1976 The Fallen Curtain, and other Stories ( The Fallen Curtain / People Don't Do Such Things / A Bad Heart / You Can't Be Too Careful / The Double / The Venus Fly Trap / The Clinging Woman / The Vinegar Mother / The Fall of a Coin / Almost Human / Divided We Stand )
    • The fallen curtain and other stories. German by Ilse Bezzenberger. Ullstein, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-548-10182-8 .
    • also as an audio book, read by Tilo Werner and Martin Seifert. Audioverlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89813-364-8 .
  • 1979 Means of Evil, and other Stories ( Means of Evil / Old Wives' Tales / Ginger and the Kingsmarkham Chalk Circle / Achilles Heel / When the Wedding Was Over )
    • The paths of evil - Stories / The paths of evil / wives tales / Ginger and Chalk Circle of Kingsmarkham / Achilles heel / When the wedding was over. German by Malte Krutzsch. Ullstein, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-548-10071-6 .
  • 1982 The Fever Tree, and Other Stories of Suspense ( The Fever Tree / The Dreadful Day of Judgment / A Glowing Future / An Outside Interest / A Case of Coincidence / Thornapple / May and June / A Needle for the Devil / Front Seat / Paintbox Place / The Wrong Category )
    • The fever tree - detective short stories - The Fever Tree / The Doomsday / A bright future / Except Professional interests / A case of coincidence / Datura / May and June / A needle for the devil / bank Bank / paint box Place / The wrong category. German by Ilse Bezzenberger. Ullstein, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-548-10299-9 .
    • Der Fieberbaum / Stechapfel - audio book, read by Christian Brückner , Freiburg: audio book, 2000, ISBN 3-933199-23-9 .
  • 1985 The New Girl Friend, and other Stories ( The New Girl Friend / A Dark Blue Perfume / The Orchard Walls / Hare's House / Bribery and Corruption / The Whistler / The Convulvulus Clock / Loopy / Fen Hall / Father's Day / The Green Road to Quephanda )
    • The new girlfriend - crime stories. German by Edith Walter. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, 1986, ISBN 3-499-42778-8 .
  • 1988 Death in the Square , Part 3
  • 1991 The Copper Peacock and other Stories ( A Pair of Yellow Lillies / Paperwork / Mother's Help / Long Live the Queen / Dying Happy / The Copper Peacock / Weeds / The Fish-Sitter / An Unwanted Woman )
  • 1995 Blood Lines: Long and Short Stories ( Blood Lines / Expectations / Shreds and Silvers / Lizzie's Lover / The Carer / The Man who was the God of Love / Clothes / In All Honesty )
  • 2000 Piranha to Scurfy, and other Stories ( Piranha to Scurfy / Computer Seance / Fair Exchange / The Wink / Catamount / Walter's Leg / The Professional / The Beach / The Astronomical Scarf / High Mysterious Union / Myth )
    • Not a place for strangers. German by Cornelia C. Walter. Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-45012-8 .
  • 2006 Collected Short Stories, Volume 1
  • 2008 Collected Short Stories, Volume 2

Non-fiction

  • 1989 Ruth Rendell's Suffolk
  • 1989 Undermining the Central Line: giving government back to the people (with Colin Ward )
  • 1995 The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind

Under the pseudonym Barbara Vine

  • 1986 A Dark-Adapted Eye - Edgar (Best Novel) 1987.
    • You can see them in the dark. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-257-01764-2 .
  • 1987 A Fatal Inversion - Gold Dagger 1987.
    • The sun is still shining so beautifully. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-257-22417-6 .
  • 1988 The House of Stairs
    • House of steps. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-257-01865-7 .
  • 1990 Gallowglass
    • Tokens of love. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-257-01865-7 .
  • 1991 King Solomon's Carpet - Gold Dagger 1991 and Palle Rosenkrantz Prize 1994.
    • King Solomon's Carpet. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-257-01956-4 .
  • 1993 Asta's Book
  • 1994 No Night Is Too Long
    • Not a night too long for you. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-257-22970-4 .
  • 1996 The Brimstone Wedding
    • Sulfur wedding. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-257-06156-0 .
  • 1998 The Chimney Sweepers's Boy
    • The black moth. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-257-23261-6 .
  • 2000 Grasshopper
    • Grasshoppers. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-257-06275-3 .
  • 2002 The Blood Doctor
    • Royal sickness. German by Renate Orth-Guttmann. Diogenes, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-257-06345-8 .
  • 2005 The Minotaur
  • 2008 The Birthday Present
  • 2012 The Child's Child

Film adaptations

movie theater

  • 1976: Diary of the Dead - USA, directed by Arvin Brown - Adaptation of One Across, Two Down
  • 1985: Blutiger Engel (A Judgment in Stone) - Canada / England, directed by Ousama Rawi
  • 1991: The man next door - Germany, director: Petra Haffter - film adaptation of A Demon in my View
  • 1995: Biester (La cérémonie) - France / Germany, director: Claude Chabrol - film adaptation of A Judgment in Stone
  • 1997: Live Flesh - With skin and hair (Carne tremula) - France / Spain, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • 2001: Betty Fisher et autres histoires - France / Canada, director: Claude Miller - adaptation of Tree of Hands
  • 2003: Inquiétudes - France, director: Gilles Bourdos - film adaptation of A Sight for Sore Eyes
  • 2004: The Bridesmaid (La Demoiselle d'honneur) - France / Germany / Italy, director: Claude Chabrol - adaptation of The Bridesmaid
  • 2004: Loopy - short film / USA, director: Seth Michael Donsky
  • 2014: A new friend (The New Girl Friend) - France, Director: François Ozon

watch TV

The English television series The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, based on novels and stories by Ruth Rendell, was released between 1987 with a total of 82 50-minute episodes and some so-called 'specials' - namely the episodes without Inspector Wexford (with the exception of the very last episode, 'Harm Done') and aired mostly in two or three parts in the UK on ITV in 2000; Rendell did not write any of the scripts; Wexford was played by George Baker, who became one of the great British television stars of the 1990s. In Germany, Vox broadcast some episodes in 1994/95 under the title Inspector Wexford determines .

  • 1987 Dead Lucky - a 'Special', directed by Barbara Rennie - adaptation of Lake of Darkness
  • 1987 Wolf to the Slaughter - Episodes 1 - 4, directed by John Davies
  • 1988 A Guilty Thing Surprised - German blood ties (1995) - episodes 5 - 7, directed by Mary McMurray
  • 1988 An Affair in Mind - German last resort: Affair - a 'Special', director: Colin Luke - film adaptation of The Face of Trespass
  • 1988 Shake Hands Forever - German calculated murder - episodes 8-10, directed by Don Leaver
  • 1988 No Crying He Makes - dt. The baby - Episode 11, directed by: Mary McMurray - film version of the story Ginger and the Kingsmarkham Chalk Circle
  • 1989 No More Dying Then - episodes 12-14, directed by Jan Sargent
  • 1989 A Sleeping Life - episodes 15-17, directed by Bill Hays
  • 1989 The Veiled One - episode 18, directed by Mary McMurray
  • 1990 Some Lie and Some Die - German Phantom in Red - episodes 19 - 21, directed by Sandy Johnson
  • 1990 The Best Man to Die - German departure for friend Charlie - episodes 22 - 24, directed by Herbert Wise
  • 1990 An Unkindness of Ravens - Episodes 25 + 26, directed by John Gorrie
  • 1990 Put on by Cunning - episode 27, directed by Sandy Johnson
  • 1991 A New Lease of Death - Episodes 28-30, directed by Herbert Wise
  • 1991 Murder Being Once Done - the dead in the wrong grave - episodes 31 - 33, directed by John Gorrie
  • 1991 From Doon with Death - Episodes 34 + 35, directed by Mary McMurray
  • 1991 Means of Evil - Episodes 36 + 37, directed by Sarah Hellings
  • 1991 Achilles Heel - German Death in Corsica - Episode 38, directed by Sandy Johnson
  • 1991 The Speaker of Mandarin - episodes 39 - 41, directed by Herbert Wise
  • 1992 The Mouse in the Corner - German game in the dark - episodes 42 + 43, director: Rob Walker - film adaptation of the story Blood Lines
  • 1992 An Unwanted Woman - Episodes 44 + 45, directed by Jenny Wilkes
  • 1992 Kissing the Gunner's Daughter - German Die Beloved of the Murderer - Episodes 46 - 48, directed by Mary McMurray
  • 1992 Talking to Strange Men - episode 49, directed by John Gorrie
  • 1993 Gallowglass - a 'Special', directed by Tim Fywell
  • 1994 Master of the Moor - episodes 50-52, directed by Marc Evans
  • 1994 A Dark-Adapted Eye - a 'Special', directed by Tim Fywell
  • 1995 Vanity Dies Hard - episodes 53-55, directed by Alan Grint
  • 1996 The Strawberry Tree - Episodes 56 + 57, directed by Herbert Wise
  • 1996 Heartstones - episode 58, directed by Piers Haggard
  • 1996 Simisola - Episodes 59-61 , directed by Jim Goddard
  • 1996 The Secret House of Death - Episodes 52 + 63, directed by Jim Goddard
  • 1996 A Case of Coincidence - Episodes 64 + 65, directed by Gavin Millar
  • 1997 The Double - episode 66, directed by Mary McMurray
  • 1997 Bribery and Corruption - Episodes 67 + 68, directed by Mike Vardy
  • 1997 May and June - Episodes 69 + 70, directed by James Cellan Jones
  • 1997 Thornapple - episode 71, directed by Mary McMurray
  • 1997 Front Seat - episode 72, directed by Sandy Johnson
  • 1997 A Dark Blue Perfume - episode 73, directed by Sandy Johnson
  • 1998 The Going Wrong - episodes 74-76, directed by Matthew Evans
  • 1998 Road Rage - Episodes 77-80, directed by Bruce McDonald
  • 1998 You Can't Be Too Careful - episode 81, directed by Matthew Evans
  • 1998 The Orchard Walls - episode 82, directed by Gwennan Sage
  • 1999 The Lake of Darkness - a 'Special', directed by Bruce McDonald
  • 1999 The Fallen Curtain - a 'special', directed by Matthew Evans
  • 2000 Harm Done - a 'Special', directed by Bruce McDonald

Other TV adaptations

  • 1981 A Glowing Future - TV film from the series Tales of the Unexpected , USA, directed by John Peyser (script: Ross Thomas )
  • 1985 People Don't Do Such Things - TV film from the series Tales of the Unexpected , USA, directed by Gordon Hessler (script: Ross Thomas )
  • 1989 Tree of Hands - Movie made for TV, England, directed by Giles Foster
  • 1990 A Fatal Inversion - German fateful legacy (1998) - TV movie, England, directed by Tim Fywell
  • 2003 No Night Is Too Long - Movie made for TV, England / Canada, directed by Tom Shankland

literature

  • Martha Hailey Dubose: Women of Mystery - The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists . Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-312-27655-3 .

Web links

Commons : Ruth Rendell  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Author Ruth Rendell dies aged 85. on: BBC News. May 2, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read: The Definitive List. accessed on March 12, 2015.
  3. ^ Martha Hailey Dubose: Women of Mystery. P. 364.
  4. ↑ biography v. Ruth Rendell
  5. ^ Martha Hailey Dubose: Women of Mystery. P. 364.
  6. ^ Martha Hailey Dubose: Women of Mystery. P. 369.
  7. ^ A b Ruth Rendell obituary , in The Guardian, May 2, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015.
  8. ^ Martha Hailey Dubose: Women of Mystery. P. 364.
  9. ↑ Information on the House of Lords page , accessed on May 3, 2015.
  10. ^ Martha Hailey Dubose: Women of Mystery. P. 362. The original quote is: I collect coincidendes in people's lives. So, yes, I like to write about chance, the kind of chance that makes you go left instead of right and the whole course of things is changed.
  11. ↑ Ruth Rendell: A Judgment in Stone. 1977, first sentence of the novel. The original quote is: Eunice Parchmann killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write .
  12. ↑ www.buecher.de , accessed on October 25, 2019: "The Vault from Ruth Rendell (...), a sequel to A Sight for Sore Eyes"
personal data
SURNAME Rendell, Ruth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vine, Barbara (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH South Woodford , London
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2015
Place of death London