His thick dark hair fell over his eyes in a fringe and hung about his ears. Our introduction to Joss is: “ He was a great husk of a man, nearly seven feet high, with a creased black brow and a skin the colour of a gypsy. These two are almost opposites of one another: black and white. The characters An unusual feature of the book is that there are two principal antagonists: Joss Merlyn and Francis Davey. The heroine falls for Byronic bad boy Jem Merlyn which leads to an interesting ending. There are some strong and enormously conflicted characters such as the violent alcoholic Joss Merlyn and his much abused wife Aunt Patience. Jamaica Inn is a classically Gothic novel with a very strong sense of setting.
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