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In a flashback, the heroine is working as a traveling companion to a wealthy American named Mrs. Van Hopper. Also in her flashback, Maxim is staying at the same hotel as the heroine and her employer, and after knowing her for only a few weeks, he proposes marriage. She accepts, and he marries her and takes her back to Manderley. But, there seems to be something strange about Manderley. Maxim’s first wife, Rebecca, drowned in a cove near Manderley the year before, and her ghost haunts the newlyweds’ home. Rebecca’s devoted housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, is still in charge of Manderley, and she intimidates her new mistress. The new heroine struggles in her new life at Manderley and feels she can never compare to Rebecca, who was beautiful, talented, and brilliant or that’s what everyone says.

Manderley hosts a costume ball each year, and it is soon time for it to take place and the heroine’s sprits begin to revive. But, the ball ends in disaster. On Mrs. Danver’s......

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