Jamaica Inn

by Daphne du Maurier · first published 1936

Jamaica Inn is a novel by the English writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1936. Set in Cornwall around 1815, it was inspired by du Maurier's 1930 stay at the actual Jamaica Inn, which still exists as a pub on Bodmin Moor. The plot follows Mary Yellan, a young woman who moves to Jamaica Inn to stay with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss after the death of her mother. She quickly discovers that the inn is an unsavoury place, mistrusted by the locals, and that her uncle is closely linked with a group of suspicious men who appear to be smugglers.

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Genre:

Gothic

Original language:

British English

Reader rating:

★ 4.0 / 5 (4 on Open Library)

Year page:

1936