![]() ![]() He would seem to have damned Daphne before her birth, but his Trilby is not a. ![]() Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. He hated feminists and female sensation novelists of the sort Daphne du. ![]() ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Muriel and Gerald du Maurier had three children: the actress and writer Angela du Maurier (19042002), the writer Daphne du Maurier (19071989) and the painter Jeanne du Maurier (19111997). George Du Maurier was a celebrated caricaturist for Punch magazine and his drawings for the novel form part of its appeal - this edition includes his most significant illustrations. Her husband, was the son of author and Punch cartoonist George du Maurier, who created the character of Svengali in the 1894 novel Trilby. The setting of the story reflects the author's bohemian years as an art student in Paris indeed James McNeill Whistler was to recognize himself in one of the early serialized instalments. Immensely popular for a number of years, the novel led to a hit play, a series of popular films, and the trilby hat. 'You shall see nothing, hear nothing, think of nothing but Svengali, Svengali, Svengali!' First published in 1894, the story of the diva Trilby O'Ferrall and her mesmeric mentor, Svengali, has entered the mythology of the time alongside Dracula and Sherlock Holmes. ![]()
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