... 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 ... that did everything. So who was the author of th...

• Word Count: 2965
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... of place because she does not know how to act around these new people. She is afraid her marriage with Maxim is failing. When it becomes summer, Maxim goes to London for a public dinner. She takes Jasper down to the beach again. She runs into a man named Ben, who is slightly retarted. Ben is at first afraid of her and asks ... it was her that first threatend to send him to the asylum. When she returns back to the house, she is surprised to find Mrs. Danvers and a young man, named Jack Favell, in the house. After they leave, she thinks that he might have been a theif and then checks to s...

• Word Count: 1128
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... hold. This discovery prompts Maxim to tell the heroine the truth: Rebecca was a malevolent, wicked woman, who lived a secret life and carried on multiple affairs, including one with her cousin, Jack Favell. On the night of her death, Maxim had demanded a divorce, and she had refused, and told him that she was pregnant with Favell's child. Furious, he seized a gun and ... . Mrs. Danvers - The sinister housekeeper at Manderley. She was fiercely devoted to Rebecca, and remains devoted to her even after death. She despises the heroine for taking her mistress's place. Jack Favell - Rebecca's ...

• Word Count: 3026
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... . Throughout the book you'll see how Daphne du Maurier put some of her own real life events in her novel. Daphne du Maurier was born May 13, 1907 in London, England. Du Maurier came from a very artistic family. Her grandfather, George du Maurier, was a successful Victorian novelist. Daphne's parents were both actors. Her older sister, Angela, was a writer and her ... , unfaithful, manipulative, and cruel. Rebecca did him wrong many times, especially when she had an affair with his cousin, Jack Favell. Maxim wanted to divorce Rebecca but she refused and then went on to tell him that she wa...

• Word Count: 3228
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School