At one performance, she is unable to sing in tune due to Svengali having a heart attack, and ends up the laughing stock of the show. Under his spell, Trilby becomes a talented singer, performing always in an amnesiac trance. One of the most memorable characters is Svengali, a Jewish rogue, masterful musician, and hypnotist who, by hypnotization, transforms Trilby into a great diva. Trilby O'Ferrall, the novel's heroine, is a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artists' model and laundress. The novel is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. His highly successful novel, 'Trilby' (1894), is perhaps the second best selling novel of it's time after Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. Maurier's drawings for English illustrated periodicals such as 'Punch', 'Once a Week', and 'The Leisure Hour' were acute commentaries on the Victorian scene. His skilled draftsmanship and engaging personality quickly established his success. The caricaturist abandoned painting for drawing when he was blinded in one eye. SVENGALI!.George du Maurier (1834-1896) was a French-born British cartoonist and most notably, an author. ''THE REMEMBRANCE OF THAT PALM SUNDAY!'' 425

''AH, POOR MAMMA! SHE WAS EVER SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN THAT!'' 416

''OH, DON'T YOU REMEMBER SWEET ALICE, BEN BOLT?'' 377 'I SUPPOSE YOU DO ALL THIS KIND OF THING FOR MERE AMUSEMENT,MR. ''VITE! VITE! UN COMMISSAIRE DE POLICE!'' 363 'PETIT ENFANT, J'AIMAIS D'UN AMOUR TENDRE.' 358 'AND THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEM-HAND IN HAND' 338 'AUX NOUVELLES QUE J'APPORTE, VOS BEAUX YEUX VONT PLEURER!'. 'OUVRE-MOI TA PORTE POUR L'AMOUR DE DIEU!' 322 ''AH! THE BEAUTIFUL INTERMENT, MESSIEURS!'' 301 'AN ATMOSPHERE OF BANK-NOTES AND GOLD' 293 'HE FELL A-WEEPING, QUITE DESPERATELY' 207 ''I MUST TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS'' 199 ''LES GLOUGLOUX DU VIN À QUAT' SOUS.'' 183 ''ALLONS GLYCÈRE! ROUGIS MON VERRE.'' 163 ''QU'EST CE QU'IL A DONC, CE LITREBILI?'' 121 ''VOILÀ L'ESPAYCE DE HOM KER JER SWEE!'' 105 ''AV YOU SEEN MY FAHZER'S OLE SHOES?'' 81 ''ÇA FERA UNE FAMEUSE CRAPULE DE MOINS!'' 77 _'Hélas! Je sais un chant d'amour, Triste et gai, tour à tour!'_ _This volume is issued for sale inpaper covers only._Ĭopyright, 1894, 1899, by HARPER & BROTHERS. NEW YORKINTERNATIONAL BOOK AND PUBLISHING COMPANY1899 '_Aux nouvelles que j'apporte,Vos beaux yeux vont pleurer!_'] 'PETER IBBETSON' 'THE MARTIAN''SOCIAL PICTORIAL SATIRE' A list follows the etext.With a few exceptions, the spelling of French words has not beennormalized or corrected. Typographical errors have been corrected. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at (This book wasproduced from scanned images of public domain materialfrom the Google Print project.)

Trilby by george du maurier