Rebecca (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Daphne Du Maurier
- First Published: 1938
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Gothic
- Time of Work: 1930’s
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Maxim de Winter, Mrs. de Winter, Mrs. Danvers, Frank Crawley, Jack Favell, Colonel Julyan
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature, Gothic fiction, Suspense
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Memory, Class conflict, Love or romance, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, Betrayal, 1930’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, England or English people, Blackmail, Adultery, Remarriage, Servants, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Orphans or orphanages, Fire, Houses, mansions, or manors
- Locales: Cornwall, England
The Story:
Manderley was gone. Since the fire had destroyed their home, Mr. and Mrs. de Winter had lived in a secluded hotel away from England. Occasionally, Mrs. de Winter recalled the circumstances that had brought Manderley and Maxim de Winter into her life.
A shy, sensitive orphan, she had been traveling about the Continent as companion to an overbearing American social climber, Mrs. Van Hopper. At Monte Carlo, Mrs. Van Hopper forced herself upon Maxim de Winter, owner of Manderley, one of the most famous estates in England. Before approaching him, Mrs. Van Hopper...
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