¨Manderley's proximity to the sea is important because it adds to the beauty of this rich estate, but also because the sea hides the corpse of the murder victim, but hides it in a way to find it. Another significant aspect of Manderley is the mysterious house where the narrator meets Ben: this place is abandoned, obviously because Maxim cannot bring himself to go there, leaving the prospect of a mystery hovering until the end, when it turns out to be central. to the horrible events of the past (Thomason 264). One of the reasons the novel gained much fame was the way Maurier began: “Last night I dreamed that I was going to Manderley again¨…. The function of this beginning is to foreshadow the events that the reader will read