"A fine romantic tale...rich in suspense and surprise." --New York Times Book Review On a bitter November evening, young Mary Yellan journeys across the rainswept moors to Jamaica Inn in honor of her mother's dying request. When she arrives, the warning of the coachman begins to echo in her memory
Jamaica Inn
β Scribed by du Maurier, Daphne
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
"A fine romantic tale ... rich in suspense and surprise."--New York Times Book Review On a bitter November evening, young Mary Yellan journeys across the rainswept moors to Jamaica Inn in honor of her mother's dying request. When she arrives, the warning of the coachman begins to echo in her memory, for her aunt Patience cowers before hulking Uncle Joss Merlyn. Terrified of the inn's brooding power, Mary gradually finds herself ensnared in the dark schemes being enacted behind its crumbling walls -- and tempted to love a man she dares not trust.;Intro; Title Page; Welcome; Foreword; Note; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; About the Author; Books by Daphne du Maurier; Newsletters; Table of Contents; Copyright
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