
Although the narrator is shy, Maxim takes an immediate liking to her, and when Mrs. There, Van Hopper makes a point of introducing herself to the charismatic Maxim de Winter, who, it is well-known, has just lost his beloved wife in a tragic boating accident.

One summer, the narrator and Van Hopper travel to Monte Carlo. Van Hopper: she was Van Hopper’s travel companion. Throughout the course of the book, the narrator remembers the time she spent at Manderley, a large, handsome English estate, while married to Maxim de Winter.Īs a young woman, the narrator worked for a rich, obnoxious old woman named Mrs. The novel is narrated by an unnamed woman recalling past events in her life.
