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Book at Bedtime

Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths

Tamsin Greig reads episode 1 of Daphne Du Maurier's dark and intriguing gothic tale.

Her mother's dying request takes Mary Yellan on a sad journey across the bleak moorland of Cornwall to reach Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. With the coachman's warning echoing in her memory, Mary arrives at a dismal place to find Patience a changed woman, cowering from her overbearing husband, Joss Merlyn.

Producer: Alison Crawford. Show less

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