On a trip to the South of France, a shy young woman falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him; as they arrive at Manderly, de Winter's home in Cornwall, a change comes over him, and the young bride is filled with dread. Friendless in the isolated mansion—and tormented by the housekeeper—the woman realizes that she barely knows her mysterious husband. In every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife, Rebecca, and the new Mrs. de Winter walks in her shadow. Adapted countless times over the decades, Daphne du Maurier's 1938 gothic novel was the source of Alfred Hitchcock's Academy Award-winning film.