by Daphne Du Maurier · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140017175
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«Jamaica Inn» is the gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier, published by Penguin in paperback (272 pages, in English).
Young Mary Yellan arrives at Jamaica Inn to reunite with her aunt Patience. She discovers her aunt lives under the brutality of Joss Merlyn and men involved in sinister activities. Mary tries to unravel the truth while torn between fear and her attraction to Jem, Joss's enigmatic brother.
Novel originally published in 1936 by Victor Gollancz; this Penguin Books edition is a 1973 reprint.
For readers of gothic suspense and English classics seeking a dark atmosphere and a protagonist caught between danger and attraction.
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather George du Maurier was a writer and cartoonist. Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive.
