Jamaica Inn
Jamaica InnDaphne du Maurier
Characters in Jamaica Inn
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Mary Yellan
A 23-year-old orphan who moves to her aunt's inn on Bodmin Moor and refuses to be cowed by what she finds there.
Antagonists
Joss Merlyn
Mary's uncle, the brutal landlord of Jamaica Inn, who runs a gang of wreckers and smugglers.
Supporting characters
Patience Merlyn
Mary's aunt, once lively and now a frightened, broken woman living under her husband's rule.
Jem Merlyn
Joss's charming younger brother, a horse thief whom Mary distrusts and is drawn to.
Francis Davey
The vicar of Altarnun, an unworldly figure who befriends Mary on the moor.
Mr Bassat
The local squire, a magistrate who is hunting for the people behind the wrecking on the coast.