About the title
Maximilian de Winter has recently lost his wife Rebecca. He arrives in Monte Carlo, where he meets Mrs. Van Hopper and her young companion. Gradually Maximilian becomes so taken with the young woman that he eventually marries her. He and the newly minted Mrs. de Winter return to Manderley, the de Winter family estate in Cornwall. There, the girl begins to be haunted and overwhelmed by the presence of Rebecca, which she finds absolutely everywhere.