Jamaica Inn
The thrilling gothic classic from the beloved author of REBECCA
Published on 13. March 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-349-01928-4 (ISBN)
Description
DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION
'A brilliantly executed thriller' VOGUE
'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'The master of slow-burning menace' STACEY HALLS
'Her influence on fiction is incalculable, her imagination unsurpassable' ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY
She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or earth she loved him. He had kissed her, and she was bound to him for ever.
On a bitter November evening, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to seek revenge with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn. But the crumbling inn is no safe haven, and Patience is a changed woman, cowering before her domineering husband Joss. In fear of her life, and disturbed by her powerful attraction to Joss's younger brother, Mary is soon plunged into a brutal world of smuggling and murder in which she can trust no one - not even herself.
'The author's stunning evocation of her beloved Cornwall is the real star of this book' RUTH WARE
'A brilliantly executed thriller' VOGUE
'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'The master of slow-burning menace' STACEY HALLS
'Her influence on fiction is incalculable, her imagination unsurpassable' ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEY
She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or earth she loved him. He had kissed her, and she was bound to him for ever.
On a bitter November evening, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to seek revenge with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn. But the crumbling inn is no safe haven, and Patience is a changed woman, cowering before her domineering husband Joss. In fear of her life, and disturbed by her powerful attraction to Joss's younger brother, Mary is soon plunged into a brutal world of smuggling and murder in which she can trust no one - not even herself.
'The author's stunning evocation of her beloved Cornwall is the real star of this book' RUTH WARE
Reviews / Votes
Jamaica Inn is a first-rate page-turner * The Times * For, ultimately, Jamaica Inn is a novel about nothing less than pure evil. Not the lumpen, drunken, thuggish evil that men like Joss can effect, but something much worse - a force that Du Maurier only begins to put into words, with an eerie and shocking kind of power, in the novel's astonishing final act -- Julie Myerson * Guardian * A perfect fusion of gothic romance and a young woman's rite of passage in the vein of Twilight and Wuthering Heights * Independent * Daphne du Maurier has no equal * Sunday Telegraph * Jamaica Inn is perhaps the most accomplished historical romance ever written * Good Book Guide * A dark tale. A brilliant thriller * Daily Express * A dark tale. A brilliant thriller * Daily Express *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
256 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-349-01928-4 (9780349019284)
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06/2012
Virago Press Ltd
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Person
Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was born in London, England. In 1931 her first novel, The Loving Spirit was published. A biography of her father and three other novels followed, but it was the novel Rebecca that launched her into the literary stratosphere and made her one of the most popular authors of her day. In 1932, du Maurier married Major Frederick Browning with whom she had three children.
Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969, du Maurier was awarded the Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE). She lived most of her life in Cornwall and died there which is the setting for many of her books.
Many of du Maurier's bestselling novels and short stories were adapted into award-winning films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now. In 1969, du Maurier was awarded the Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE). She lived most of her life in Cornwall and died there which is the setting for many of her books.