A republication of the 1951 novel about Philip Ashley, a Victorian young man living in the English countryside who becomes infatuated with his uncle's beautiful, sophisticated widow.
High-spirited Mary Yellan was too young to suspect the truth about her new home on the moor. Yet she began to wonder why no one came to Jamaica Inn and why her aunt was so frightened.
A young woman struggles to understand the passionate feelings and mystery surrounding her husband's beautiful first wife, now dead, but still a presence in their home.
At the great Cornwall estate of Manderley, Maxim de Winter and his frightened new wife try to live with the haunting legacy of Maxim's first wife, the beautiful and cold Rebecca, who died in a sailing accident.
After Philip receives Rachel, a distant cousin, in Cornwall following the death of her husband, he falls under the influence of her charm and seeks an unconventional way out when he believes she may have poisoned his uncle.
