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I forgot to mention that we watched the 1939 Hitchcock version of Jamaica Inn recently. I have not read the book before. It was set in Cornwall in 1819 and was interesting watching as a comparison to Moonfleet on its story of shipwrecks and thievery along the English coast. Moonfleet shows the smugglers in a more benevolent light despite their crimes whereas in Jamaica Inn they are absolutely greedy, murderous scoundrels.
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