Colonel Julyan decides not to act on his suspicion that Maxim de Winter killed his ex-wife in this novel.
The narrator of this novel meets her future husband while travelling in Monte Carlo with the American Mrs. Van Hopper. The last entry in the title character's datebook leads to the physician Dr. Baker, who reveals she was dying of cancer and must have been lying about her pregnancy. The narrator of this novel is tricked into wearing the costume of a family ancestor, which ruins a ball because her husband's ex-wife had worn the same thing. That ex-wife had fooled around with her cousin Jack Favell, and divers sent after the wreck of a steamship discover her corpse in a boat riddled with holes. Colonel Julyan decides not to act on his suspicion that Maxim de Winter killed his ex-wife in this novel. It ends with the domineering housekeeper Mrs. Danvers burning the estate of Manderley. For 10 points, name this novel by Daphne du Maurier.
The narrator of this novel meets her future husband while travelling in Monte Carlo with the American Mrs. Van Hopper.
{Rebecca}