The Boston Globe, April 2nd, 2000
Sardonic fate has decreed that Daphne du Maurier should be remembered for "Rebecca," which Nina Auerbach in this incisive critical overview deems "masochistic, derivative, and only quasi- coherent" - unlike most of her other works. "One reason why I remain loyal to this strange writer and unlikable woman," Auerbach continues, "is the injustice of her label as a writer of escapist women's romance." The definitive biographical account by Margaret Forster appeared in 1993. That well-balanced study assumes that "Rebecca" is the novelist's masterpiece. But in Auerbach's estimation, du Maurier's bes...
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