Rebecca

A young companion to a capricious elderly American becomes the wife of the imposing English aristocrat Maximilian de Winter, tormented by a secret sorrow, and arrives with him at his ancestral estate, Manderley. In the vast, gloomy mansion, both the people and the walls, and seemingly the very air remind the new mistress of her deceased predecessor – the beautiful and refined Rebecca de Winter. The strange behavior of her husband, the caution and sometimes hostility of the servants, and the general allusions clearly intended to hide the secret of Maximilian’s first wife’s death plunge the heroine into trepidation. After several months of tormenting experiences, she is to discover the truth about the past inhabitants of Manderley that has been carefully concealed…
The novel “Rebecca” (1938), which made the name of English writer Daphne du Maurier world-famous, was almost immediately adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock, and decades later, having gained the status of a classic of the 20th century and receiving flattering comparisons with Charlotte Bronte's “Jane Eyre,” inspired several sequels and adaptations, including Susan Hill's “Mrs. de Winter,” Maureen Freely's “Another Rebecca,” and Sally Beaumont's “The Story of Rebecca.”