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Jamaica Inn (Paperback)

by Daphne Du Maurier (Author), Sarah Dunant (Introduction)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition edition (6 Mar 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844080390
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844080397
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,310 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' Sunday Telegraph 'A true classic' Amazon.com

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Jamaica Inn is a first-rate page-turner.'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brooding, mysterious, brilliant..., 28 Feb 2007
By Derek Keilty (N.Ireland) - See all my reviews
I defy anyone not to be gripped by the opening chapter where the heroine, Mary Yellan is travelling to Jamaica Inn by stagecoach on a winter's night battling the wind and rain. Like her other books Du Maurier draws the setting, Bodmin Moor in Cornwall brilliantly and this coupled with a feisty heroine and a giant rogue of a villain in her uncle, the landlord of Jamaica Inn all make for a great read. The Inn itself, hinted at early on as being a sinister place, does not disappoint and I was totally drawn into the dark goings on as Mary slowly unravels its secrets and that of her uncle.
Rebecca is better but this is still an excellent book and will keep you hooked to the twistingly brilliant ending. Faultless writing by, in my opinion, the master storyteller.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate romance set in Victorian Cornwall, 25 Jan 2007
By Greshon (UK) - See all my reviews
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Like Wuthering Heights, the scenery and setting in this brooding book are extremely important, creating and refelcting mood. Here, rather than the Yorkshire Moors, it's Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Within these bleak and hostile moors sits the solitary and isolated inn of the title (still there in real life), presided over by the frightening and cruel drunkard, Joss Merlyn. But is he the real villain, or is he just being used by an even more powerful force?

What I particulalty like about this book is that it's set in Victorian times, reads very much like a Victiorian novel, but is not blunted by that era's strict censorship (Jamaica Inn was published in the - slightly- freer 1930s). Mary and Jem actually do frolic quite suggestively, despite not being married, and this behaviour is not damned by the narrative.

It is interesting that Hitchcock made films of three Du Maurier works. As well as Jamaica Inn, The Birds and Rebecca are also based on her stories. He must have been a fan.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Yo ho ho, 1 May 2007
By jol legend (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
Jamaica Inn is not in the same league as "Rebecca" and some of the actions of the heroine seem slightly unlikely. However the descriptions of Bodmin Moor are evocative and the relatively straight forward plot makes for a good page turner especially suitable for a Cornwallian holiday. One word of warning though - I would not read the introduction until afterwards as it gives too much away; why publishers do this I do not know!
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4.0 out of 5 stars My first du Maurier - and I now understand all the fuss!
This isn't the sort of book I'd normally pick up, but on a fairly recent visit to the South West, I visited the Jamaica Inn. Read more
Published 25 days ago by L. Felthouse

4.0 out of 5 stars If you loved 'Rebecca'...
Another Rebecca-esque foray into the gothic by Du Maurier, this time with a twist of smugglers' yarn set on Cornwall's stormy north coast and bleak moors in the 17th century... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. F. B. Coward

5.0 out of 5 stars Jamaica Inn
This has got to be one of the most beautiful stories that i have ever read. I simply could not put the book down. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kim Hutton

5.0 out of 5 stars Page Turner
I have never read a Daphne Du Maurier book before but I will read lots more, as this one 'Jamaica Inn' is a real page turner. Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. A. Barlow

1.0 out of 5 stars A very slow book
A very slow book to read, I did not like it very much but on the plus side, the author was very good at description - the windswept moor of Bodmin, the heavy rain but other than... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Andy Capp

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark, rich and atmospheric!
This book lives up to expectations. It is a gothic tale based in Cornwall where the courage of the 'heroine' (Mary Yellan) is in constant battle with her dark surroundings -... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Craig Hall

1.0 out of 5 stars a book I really disliked!
This book doesn't resemble at all Rebecca or My cousin Rachel (which I liked); the atmosphere is oppressive and the heroin is always putting herself in danger deliberatly. Read more
Published 12 months ago by M. Thorton

5.0 out of 5 stars A really good book
I don't get that much time to read these days but I started this book this morning and the whole day has been a write-off because I couldn't put it down, which tells you how good... Read more
Published 14 months ago by DEJ

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW -- fabulous story, great suspense!
As this story opens, Mary Yellan's mother dies leaving this young adult on her own in a dangerous time. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mary C

4.0 out of 5 stars A must read
An excellent read! An atmospheric, gothic and compelling narrative. The only slightly unsatisfactory elements of the narrative were the rather scant exploration of the character... Read more
Published 22 months ago by A. Jefford

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