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Early Life
Little is known about the early life of Rebecca, very mysterious individual. We can only imagine her family on the wealthiest side of life. We have intel on this because in later life Rebecca goes on to marry Maximilian (Maxim) de Winter, the reserved, unemotional owner of Manderley (his stately home). Rebecca projects a famous beauty to the eye and on the surface a devoted wife to Maxim and the perfect hostess for their annual Mandeley costume ball. A famous portrait hangs on their staircase of Caroline de Winter (Maximilian's Mother) in a red ballgown, which was inspired by John Singer Sargent's painting of Mrs Hugh Hammersley [1]. Rebecca as a caring wife replicated the famous red ballgown to one of her own events to please Mr de Winter and succeeded.

Later Life
However, later we discover in the mysterious life of Rebecca that she was very much unfaithful towards her husband Maxim and cheated on him on multiple accounts with various men. After this scandal arose Rebecca's life went more quiet and she was seen less on the streets. Unfortunately, as Maxim announced she committed suicide at the young age of 30, leaving him heartbroken and lost. Maxim later said that Rebecca suffered from psychological problems and possessed signs of psychopath tendencies and created this superficial charm to be liked so she could manipulate people in getting what she wants. Rebecca felt no guilt or remorse towards her actions. We also have intel from her former family maid Mrs Danvers that stated Rebecca also possessed sadistic tendencies and within her teenage years would whip her horses until they bled.

Life without Rebecca de Winter
Maximilian de Winter, later went on to marry again after the sad passing of Rebecca. Maxim and his new Mrs de Winter had a brief encounter/courtship and he began to show distance towards this marriage. Perhaps he couldn't trust again after the affairs circulated around Rebecca, or that he was emotionally traumatised from his past relationships and that the ghost of Rebecca still haunted the halls of Maderley. What we know about the new Mrs de Winter is not her maiden name but her reference as Mrs De Winter, she is a mature young lady, who isn't afraid of the ghost of Rebecca, projecting a strong, assertive woman in her own right.

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