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Beschreibung
Autorenbeschreibung
Daphne du Maurier wurde 1907 in London geboren und entschied sich im Alter von 19 Jahren nach einer Ferienreise an die cornische Küste, diesen Ort fortan nicht mehr zu verlassen. Alle ihre Romane lässt sie in Cornwall spielen: Jamaica Inn, Das Wirtshaus im Bodmin Moor, Meine Cousine Rachel und natürlich Rebecca, 1938 erschienen und von Hitchcock verfilmt. Daphne du Maurier starb im Alter von zweiundachtzig Jahren in Kilmarth.
Beiträge
Well, Jamaica Inn most certainly is no Rebecca...It still is a highly readable, sinister and dark narrative with the atmospheric trademark "du Maurier"-mood, which, of course, even though it is set in Cornwall, is a far cry from the picturesque descriptions you'll find in a Pilcher novel. In du Maurier's book, Cornwall is a dangerous, remote, threatening place of moors and winds. It is the setting of the rundown Jamaica Inn, a pub lorded over by protagonist Mary Yellan's vicious uncle-by-marriage and frequented by a pack of outlaws. That being said, Mary spends most of her time defending her ethics and trying to alert the law to the shenanigans, that her uncle presides over. To complicate matters, she feels attracted to her uncle's younger brother, believes she has to save her aunt and confides in a local priest. Even if all of this sounds exciting, the plot is not so very thrilling and Mary's character suffers from an antiquated representation of the female role. Jane Eyre is a lot more feisty. Instead, the novel is rather carried by its constant references and usage of gothic tropes - and these are excellently employed within the narrative. Especially if you try to read the novel from a postcolonial angle and eliminate the "inn" from the title...
Beschreibung
Autorenbeschreibung
Daphne du Maurier wurde 1907 in London geboren und entschied sich im Alter von 19 Jahren nach einer Ferienreise an die cornische Küste, diesen Ort fortan nicht mehr zu verlassen. Alle ihre Romane lässt sie in Cornwall spielen: Jamaica Inn, Das Wirtshaus im Bodmin Moor, Meine Cousine Rachel und natürlich Rebecca, 1938 erschienen und von Hitchcock verfilmt. Daphne du Maurier starb im Alter von zweiundachtzig Jahren in Kilmarth.
Beiträge
Well, Jamaica Inn most certainly is no Rebecca...It still is a highly readable, sinister and dark narrative with the atmospheric trademark "du Maurier"-mood, which, of course, even though it is set in Cornwall, is a far cry from the picturesque descriptions you'll find in a Pilcher novel. In du Maurier's book, Cornwall is a dangerous, remote, threatening place of moors and winds. It is the setting of the rundown Jamaica Inn, a pub lorded over by protagonist Mary Yellan's vicious uncle-by-marriage and frequented by a pack of outlaws. That being said, Mary spends most of her time defending her ethics and trying to alert the law to the shenanigans, that her uncle presides over. To complicate matters, she feels attracted to her uncle's younger brother, believes she has to save her aunt and confides in a local priest. Even if all of this sounds exciting, the plot is not so very thrilling and Mary's character suffers from an antiquated representation of the female role. Jane Eyre is a lot more feisty. Instead, the novel is rather carried by its constant references and usage of gothic tropes - and these are excellently employed within the narrative. Especially if you try to read the novel from a postcolonial angle and eliminate the "inn" from the title...