MONDAY 30TH OCTOBER AT 7.30 P.M. off-site
(PLEASE NOTE NEW STARTING TIME OVER THE WINTER MONTHS)
We will be discussing two of this celebrated writer’s novels - so if you have never read any of her books, or not recently, and would like to discuss them in more detail please join us for what will be an enjoyable evening with refreshments provided.
Cost £1. All welcome. Please contact me for further details and venue:
Marion Smith Email - marionksm@gmail.com
My Cousin Rachel
Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in making Philip his heir, knowing he will treasure his beautiful Cornish estate. But Philip's world is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries - and then dies suddenly in suspicious circumstances.
Before long, the new widow - Philip's cousin Rachel - arrives in England. Despite himself, Philip is drawn to this beautiful, mysterious woman. But could she have masterminded Ambrose's death?
An extremely clever novel with an ending that will haunt and trouble the reader.
Jamaica Inn
After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. There she finds Patience a changed woman, down trodden by her domineering, vicious husband Joss Merlyn. The inn is a front for a lawless gang of criminals, and Mary is unwillingly dragged into their dangerous world of smuggling and murder. Before long, she will be forced to cross her own moral line to save herself.
First published in 1936, this novel is one of the author’s finest and con?n-ues to enthral its readers to this day.
Happy reading.
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