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Summary. When Manderley burned, tormented Maxim de Winter and his demure second wife fled the ghosts of a dark, unspoken yesterday and now have come home to England, to bury what was and start anew. But the sensual warmth of a golden autumn cannot mask the chill of a lingering evil.
- Susan Hill
- 1993
When she marries Maxim, Mrs. de Winter is officially considered an upper-class woman, but she has a hard time feeling comfortable in the role. At Manderley, she's sure that her new peers think that she's not good enough.
1. Jan. 2001 · Susan Hill. 3.08. 3,216 ratings385 reviews. Rebecca was Daphne du Maurier's most famous and best-loved novel. Countless readers wondered: what happened next? Out of fire-wracked ruins of Manderley, would love and renewal rise phoenix-like from the ashes of the embittered past?
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Plot. While working as the companion to a rich American woman on holiday in Monte Carlo, the unnamed narrator, a naïve young woman in her early 20s, becomes acquainted with a wealthy Englishman, Maxim de Winter, a 42-year-old widower.
- Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame
- 1938
21. Mai 2024 · A shy, awkward young woman, she is in Monte-Carlo, working for an elderly socialite, when she meets Maximilian (Maxim) de Winter. He is a wealthy widower whose wife, Rebecca, drowned in a sailboat accident. After a whirlwind courtship, the young woman and Maxim marry and later settle at Manderley.
As a young woman, Rebecca marries the charismatic aristocrat Maxim de Winter by fooling him into believing that she is a kind, virtuous woman. After marriage, however, Rebecca shows her true colors, having affairs, mocking the servants, and bringing dishonor to the de Winter family name.
Mrs. de Winter Timeline and Summary. More. Mrs. de Winter meets Maxim in Monte Carlo where she's working as a paid companion to Mrs. Van Hopper. She falls in love with Maxim and agrees to marry him. She accompanies him to Manderley after the honeymoon. At Manderley, she meets Mrs. Danvers, who seems to hate her.
