![]() ![]() ![]() There is a penciled in inscription on fly leaf. ![]() Cloth boards with gorgeous gilt titles featuring a winged heart caught in a web. ![]() Luc Sante wrote that the novel had a "decisive influence on the stereotypical notion of bohemia" and that it "affected the habits of American youth, particularly young women, who derived from it the courage to call themselves artists and 'bachelor girls,' to smoke cigarettes and drink Chianti.” 464 pages plus two page ads for Peter Ibbetson and Tess of the DUrbervilles. The relationship between Trilby and Svengali forms only a small, though crucial, portion of the novel, which is mainly an evocation of a milieu. TRILBY book George Du Maurier 1894, hardcover. Trilby O'Ferrall, the novel's heroine, is a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artists' model and laundress all the men in the novel are in love with her. Though it features the stories of two English artists and a Scottish artist, one of the most memorable characters is Svengali, a Jewish rogue, masterful musician and hypnotist. A Novel George Du Maurier Full view - 1922. Trilby is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. Trilby (1894) is a novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time, perhaps the second best selling novel of the Fin de sicle period after Bram Stoker's Dracula. Trilby is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. Trilby George du Maurier Osgood McIlvaine, London 1895 JanuRead full review. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Trilby is a novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time. ![]()
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