Few writers have been as beloved by readers and underrated by reviewers as Daphne du Maurier. What irked them?

Daphne Kalotay
Published in over twenty languages, Daphne Kalotay’s books include the novels Russian Winter, Sight Reading, and Blue Hours; and the fiction collections Calamity and Other Stories—shortlisted for The Story Prize—and The Archivists, winner of the Grace Paley Prize. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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