Jamaica Inn

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:television_series
gptkb:film
gptkbp:adaptation_year gptkb:1983
gptkb:2014
1939
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:television_series
gptkb:film
gptkbp:author gptkb:Daphne_du_Maurier
gptkbp:available_formats gptkb:audiobook
ebook
hardcover
paperback
gptkbp:awards gptkb:none
gptkbp:character_development Jem Merlyn's complexity
Joss Merlyn's villainy
Mary Yellan's growth
Jem Trehearne's role
Joss Merlyn's complexity
gptkbp:character_motivation find safety
gptkbp:conflict man vs. society
man vs. self
man vs. man
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
well-received
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired adaptations
influenced other works
popular among readers
gptkbp:director gptkb:Alfred_Hitchcock
gptkbp:film_editing gptkb:BBC_One
gptkbp:genre Gothic fiction
gothic fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jamaica Inn
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:detective_fiction
Gothic novels
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Victorian_literature
gptkb:literature
gptkb:Romanticism
Gothic novels
gptkbp:inspiration real-life inn
Daphne du Maurier's experiences in Cornwall
historical smuggling in England
real-life Jamaica Inn
gptkbp:isbn 978-0-00-735080-0
978-0-00-720444-0
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literary_significance exploration of moral ambiguity
Daphne du Maurier's best-known work
classic of Gothic fiction
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Mary_Yellan
gptkbp:motif gptkb:mystery
gptkb:smuggling
isolation
danger
seafaring
family secrets
gptkbp:narrative_style third-person
flashbacks
foreshadowing
atmospheric descriptions
gptkbp:notable_characters gptkb:Jem_Trehearne
Patience Merlyn
Joss Merlyn
gptkbp:page_count 400
320
gptkbp:plot smuggling operations
romantic subplot
conflict with local authorities
Mary Yellan's arrival at Jamaica Inn
gptkbp:protagonist gptkb:Mary_Yellan
gptkbp:published 1936
gptkbp:published_year 1936
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Victor_Gollancz_Ltd.
gptkbp:reader_demographic critically acclaimed
cult following
adaptations praised
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:2014
1939
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Cornwall
gptkbp:setting_time gptkb:19th_century
gptkbp:symbolism darkness
the sea
darkness and light
the inn
the inn as a refuge
the sea as danger
gptkbp:themes gptkb:betrayal
gptkb:mystery
gptkb:smuggling
gptkb:crime
love
isolation
gptkbp:won_award gptkb:none
gptkbp:year gptkb:19th_century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alfred_Hitchcock
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3