A superbly chilling and enthralling tale of doubt, trepidation and love is portrayed when the purposely anonymous narrator reminisces about the impressive English estate, Manderley, where previously resided. She fell in love with Maxim de Winter, an affluent recent widow, while she had been young and shy, and married him only a short while after they had met. Upon returning to Manderley, she was instantly overwhelmed with the memory of Maxim's first wife, the sophisticated , striking, and wholly confident Rebecca, coupled with the responsibilities of managing the house and coping with her threatening housekeeper. The narrator feels forlorn and powerless with her new husband keeping his distance from her, until a dreadful secret is revealed that changes their lives and the continuation of Manderley. A great psychological drama and mystery.