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V sbornik «Randevu» angliyskoy pisatel'nicy Dafny Dyumor'e (1907–1989) voshli rasskazy, napisannye v konce 1920-h – nachale 1930-h godov i v desyatiletie mezhdu 1937 i 1947 godom. Kak i vsya novellistika Dyumor'e, eti chetyrnadcat' istoriy porazhayut raznoobraziem syuzhetov i zhanrov. Vyderzhannyy v goticheskoy tradicii «Eskort» sosedstvuet s teatral'nymi, v duhe CHekhova, «Primoy» i «Prirozhdennym artistom»; psihologicheskiy etyud «Za zakrytoy dver'yu» – s pouchitel'nym anekdotom «Oploshnost'»; svoeobrazno obygryvayushchie formu skazki ili pritchi «Presvyataya Deva», «Adieu Sagesse» i «Skazka» – s ostrosatiricheskimi «Lyubovnik», «Randevu», «Angely i arhangely». Est' zdes' i harakternye dlya Dyumor'e po-hichkokovski napryazhennye istorii: «Panika», «Bez vidimyh prichin» i «Dolya sekundy».