Trilby

by George du Maurier

Overview

Famed novel of the Gilded Age recounts the rise and fall of young Trilby O'Ferrall, artist's model and aspiring singer, who falls under the spell of the evil musician Svengali. Story told against the colorful backdrop of student life in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1880s. Reproduced from a luxury limited edition, enhanced with over 100 illustrations by du Maurier, best known as an artist and contributor to Punch. 119 line illustrations. 1 photograph (of the author).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788835340447
Publisher:	E-BOOKARAMA
Publication date:	08/28/2023
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

George du Maurier (1834-1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist, novelist, and short story writer. Born in Paris, du Maurier was raised in an aristocratic family whose fortunes had dwindled following his paternal grandfather’s implication in a 1789 financial scandal. His mother, Ellen Clarke, was the daughter of courtesan Mary Anne Clarke, the former mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Educated in Paris at the art studio of Charles Gleyre, du Maurier moved to Antwerp and Düsseldorf—where he sought help for an ailment in his left eye—before settling in London in 1851. There, he married Emma Wightwick, with whom he would raise five children, some of whom went on to successful careers in the arts. In 1865, du Maurier found work as a cartoonist for Punch magazine, where he gained a reputation as a leading satirist for cartoons poking fun at Victorian society and the burgeoning middle class. In addition to his black and white drawings for Punch, du Maurier produced illustrations for such periodicals as Harper’s, The Graphic, and The Cornhill Magazine. As his eyesight failed, du Maurier turned increasingly to fiction, writing the play Peter Ibbetson (1891) and the popular gothic horror novel Trilby (1894), both of which have been adapted for theater and film.