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Jamaica Inn. My Cousin Rachel. The Scapegoat

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Jamaica Inn. My Cousin Rachel. The Scapegoat
29.99 €
The works of the English writer Daphne Dumorier are extremely popular all over the world and have been translated into dozens of languages. The first great success brought the author's novel "Jamaica Inn" (1936); today this book is considered a classic of the Gothic tradition in the literature of the XX century, and the heroine Mary Yellan is compared to Jane Eyre. On the unique atmosphere of "Jamaica" undoubtedly influenced by impressions of her favorite Cornwall, where Daphne Dumaurier spent most of her life. The plot of the novel "My Cousin Rachel" (1951) also unfolds against the background of the mysterious landscapes of Cornwall. This book in many ways is not inferior to the famous "Rebecca", and in some ways and surpasses it. The main character - mysterious, inscrutable Rachel - one of the most memorable images in English literature. Unusual and sometimes fantastic plots Dumorie always distinguishes a kind of "credibility of the improbable". In the novel "The Scapegoat" (1957), also presented in this edition, with virtuoso psychological accuracy told the story of a strange meeting of an Englishman John, traveling in France, with his ... double, the owner of a glass factory and the owner of an ancient castle.
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