![]() ![]() I really enjoy Rebecca du Maurier and only seem to grow fonder of her writing with every book of hers I read-her unique mixture of strange human behaviour with beautiful descriptions of the wilds of Cornwall make for an irresistible combination. An exciting adventure with truly evil characters and a surprising plot twist near the end. ![]() She resolves to bring him to justice, putting herself in great peril, though she doesn't want to put her aunt at risk as well. ![]() But Mary is curious and headstrong and soon finds out her uncle is a smuggler involved in terrible crimes. Upon arrival, she discovers her aunt Patience is half mad with fear and that her uncle Joss Merlyn is a violent drunken brute who threatens her to keep her place and to take no notice of the nightly goings on that she is to keep her eyes and ears shut and ignore any strange noises or risk bodily harm. ![]() On the way to Jamaica Inn by coach, where Mary Yellan has learned her aunt has been living with her husband, she learns that the inn has earned a terrible reputation and that no proper lady or gentleman dare approach the place. When young Mary Yellan's mother, lying on her deathbed, makes her daughter promise she will seek out her aunt Patience for shelter, the dying woman can have no idea of the curse she is putting on her daughter. An Exciting Adventure with Truly Evil Characters ![]()
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