Characters in Rebecca

The Second Mrs. de Winter

The unnamed narrator: a timid, naive middle-class woman in her early twenties, working as a paid companion when she meets Maxim de Winter. Neither her first nor her maiden name is ever revealed.

Maxim de Winter

The reserved, unemotional owner of Manderley, a widower some twenty years the narrator's senior.

Mrs. Danvers

The cold, overbearing housekeeper of Manderley. Formerly Rebecca's maid, she remains obsessed with her dead mistress and hostile to the new bride.

Mrs. Van Hopper

The rich, vulgar American woman the narrator works for as a paid companion on holiday in Monte Carlo.

Frank Crawley

Beatrice Lacy

Giles Lacy