Rebecca

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“Rebecca”
by Daphen Du Maurier

This book takes place in the 19th century. There are a lot of different characters in this book. Some of them have very small parts, but they show you things about the major people in the book.
Rebecca was a very admired person in her town. Everyone loved her and adored her. She is the wife of Maxim De Winter. She ends up being the ghost of Manderley after her death. She haunts the old house. She tries to scare away Maxim’s new wife, The Heroine. Rebecca supposedly killed herself because of a fight that she and Maxim had the night of her death. Rebecca was dying of cancer.
The Heroine’s name never comes up in the book, but Maxim makes the comment that she has a beautiful name. She is the narrator of the story. She is also married to Maxim De Winter. They love traveling around from one place to another and staying from one hotel to another. She is also the mistress of Manderley.
Maxim De Winter is the owner of Manderley. Manderley is an old house, which is seemed to be haunted. He is the widower of Rebecca, who was supposed to have killed her self in the ocean. But Maxim is the one who killed her himself by sinking her boat. He drilled holes in the bottom. No one knows it until a larger boat hits it, and they bring it up to shore.
Jack Favell was Rebecca’s cousin. He adored Rebecca. The only bad
thing about him was he is an alcoholic. This made him have a bad temper.
He and Rebecca were having an affair, and the night she died she told
Maxim that she was pregnant with Jack’s child.
Mrs. Danvers is the housekeeper at Manderley. She loved Rebecca
very much. She would do anything for her, even kill the mistress, and burn the mansion down. She stuck with her through thick and thin. She didn’t leave her side even when she died. Danvers hates the Heroine with a passion. She doesn’t agree with Maxim when he brings the Heroine home and tells her that they are...