Fashionable Monte Carlo is a lonely, frightening place to the shy young orphan girl... until she meets the mysterious Maxim de Winter.

A whirlwind courtship, a brief Venetian honeymoon, and Maxim is ready to take his shy, inexperienced bride home: the second Mrs de Winter, the new mistress of Manderley.

The Girl's joy in being Maxim's wife is subtly undermined by the haunting presence of Rebecca - guarded, cherished by the loyal Mrs Danvers Determined to make Maxim happy. Plans are soon under way to revive the Manderley Ball.