QUOTES UPON THE DEATH OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER

Dame Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, died in her sleep at her home in Cornwall, aged 81.

—DAILY TELEGRAPH, APRIL 20, 1989

The death of a grand dame of popular literature.

—FIGARO, APRIL 20, 1989

The gentle romantic dies at the age of 81.

—DAILY MAIL, APRIL 20, 1989

Rebecca is the profound and fascinating study of an obsessive personality, of sexual dominance, of human identity and the liberation of the hidden self.

—THE INDEPENDENT, APRIL 21, 1989

Dame Daphne wrote 29 books, mainly historical romances.

—DAILY TELEGRAPH, APRIL 20, 1989

Skillful purveyor of romance and melodrama.

—THE TIMES, APRIL 20, 1989

Read all over the world after the 1938 publication of Rebecca, whose enormous success (30 million copies!) put her in the same league as Agatha Christie and Barbara Cartland, the queens of, respectively, suspense and romance.

—FRANCE-SOIR, APRIL 20 1989

Daphne du Maurier, string of bestsellers.

—THE FINANCIAL TIMES, APRIL 20, 1989

Daphne du Maurier, 81, Author of Many Gothic Romances, Dies

—NEW YORK TIMES, APRIL 20, 1989

Daphne du Maurier did not understand why she was seen as a romantic novelist. (…) Her prose wasn’t exactly purple, anyway. In fact, her prose didn’t really matter. What mattered was her sense of adventure and atmosphere.

—LIBÉRATION, APRIL 20, 1989

Miss du Maurier for most of her life, fought an unsuccessful battle to keep her from being branded a Grand Dame of romance.

—LOS ANGELES TIMES, APRIL 20, 1989