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Original Title: | Jamaica Inn |
ISBN: | 0316252905 (ISBN13: 9780316252904) |
Edition Language: | English |
Setting: | Cornwall, England,1820(United Kingdom) |
Daphne du Maurier
ebook | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 3.87 | 29506 Users | 2548 Reviews
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The coachman tried to warn her away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast. But young Mary Yellan chose instead to honor her mother's dying request that she join her frightened Aunt Patience and huge, hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn at Jamaica Inn. From her first glimpse on that raw November eve, she could sense the inn's dark power. But never did Mary dream that she would become hopelessly ensnared in the vile, villainous schemes being hatched within its crumbling walls -- or that a handsome, mysterious stranger would so incite her passions ... tempting her to love a man whom she dares not trust.Identify Of Books Jamaica Inn
Title | : | Jamaica Inn |
Author | : | Daphne du Maurier |
Book Format | : | ebook |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
Published | : | December 17th 2013 by Little, Brown and Company (first published 1935) |
Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Gothic. Mystery. Romance |
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Ratings: 3.87 From 29506 Users | 2548 ReviewsAppraise Of Books Jamaica Inn
4****"There's things happen at Jamaica Inn, Mary, that I've never dared to breathe. Bad things. Evil things. I dare not even admit them to myself."Gritty, dark and atmospheric, Du Maurier weaves a Gothic tale set in the cold and chilling moors of Cornwall. The main protagonist is Mary Yellan, a young women who after the death of her mother, takes the long and lonely journey over the moors to the isolated and almost desolate Jamaica Inn, where her Aunt Patience resides with her husband, Joss(4.5) A spooky, gothic tale perfect for a stormy October night. "Roads? Who spoke of roads? We go by the moor and the hills, and tread granite and heather as the Druids did before us." Why I have waited so many years to read more of Du Maurier's books I'll never know, but there are definitely more of hers in my immediate reading future! It's early 19C in Southern Cornwall and Mary Yellen's dying mother asks her to sell the family farm and join her Aunt Patience and her husband at Jamaica Inn in
I'm not really a fan of Halloween, it seems to me to be a month long celebration of something that really only deserves a day at most. However, I do use it as an excuse to venture into gothic or horror sometime during the month of October, and this year I chose Jamaica Inn, because du Maurier can be counted on for darkness and suspense, if Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel are any example.This was promising from the beginning; dark and dreary moors, an Inn with an unsavory reputation, the evil, nasty
Published in 1936, two years before Rebecca, Jamaica Inn is a dark tale of murder and thievery, set close to the Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England. It has a hint of romance, although I wouldn't call it romantic. It would have to be called a mystery if you had to give it a tag. The style is typical of the other du Maurier novels I have read, and excellent writing with great characters. It was a little slow to develop for me but once it did the pace ran quickly to the climax.3.5 stars
I have to say, this book by Daphne du Maurier is a little underwhelming. The writing is, as expected, gorgeous. Just like in Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel, it is very atmospheric. There is, no doubt, an air of Emily and Charlotte Bronte's style about it. Considering that I am a huge fan of both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, that's a big plus. Du Maurier is also very skillful at building suspense. A feeling of dread and foreboding is maintained throughout the novel making it an intense reading
"DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES."First published in 1935, this haunting gothic tale of adventure begins when a brave, young Mary Yellan adheres to her mother's dying wish that she live with her fun-loving Aunt Patience, but upon arrival at the sinister looking and desolate JAMAICA INN, Mary finds her Aunt has turned into a gaunt nervous wreck of a person with a spirit destroyed by abuse and fear of her violent drunkard of a husband, Uncle Joss.As the story evolves and darkness falls....bad
This was only my second Daphne du Maurier novel. I loved Rebecca which I read many years ago, in translation. I've sort of forgotten what a wonderful writer du Maurier was.The writing was scrumptious, with descriptions out of this world. I'll repeat what many others stated before me - this was a very atmospheric novel.Besides the stunning descriptions, the characters were multi-layered and diverse. Mary Yallan, the heroine of this novel, was only twenty-three when she became an orphan. After
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