George du Maurier

First published in 1894, the story of the diva Trilby O'Ferrall and her mentor, Svengali, has entered the mythology of that period alongside Dracula and Sherlock Holmes. Immensely popular for years, the novel led to a hit play, a series of popular films, Trilby products from hats to ice-cream, and streets in Florida named after characters in the book. The setting reflects Du Maurier's bohemian years as an art student in Paris before he went to London to make a career in journalism. A celebrated caricaturist for Punch magazine, Du Maurier's drawings for the novel--of which his most significant are included here--form a large part of its appeal.

Of the non-natural part of his story I will not say much.It is, of course, a fact that he had been absolutely and, to all appearance, incurably insane before he wrote his life.There seems to have been a difference of opinion, or rather a doubt, among the authorities of the asylum as to whether he was mad after the acute but very violent period of his brief attack had ended.Whichever may have been the case, I am at least convinced of this: that he was no romancer, and thoroughly believed in the extraordinary mental experience he has revealed.At the risk of being thought to share his madness -- if he _was_ mad -- I will conclude by saying that I, for one, believe him to have been sane, and to have told the truth all through.

The Martian, by George du Maurier, published in 1898 (UK edition) is a long, largely autobiographical, novel that describes the lives of two bosom friends, Barty Josselin and Robert Maurice, starting from their school days in Paris in the 1850s. Written in long descriptive passages with very little dialogue and many digressions, the book had considerably less success in its time than its predecessor, the popular Trilby. Of a rather loose construction, its main points of interest lie for today's readers in lively descriptions of "la vie de bohême" and different parts of Paris through the second half of the 19th century, pages on Mechelen in Belgium and Whitby in the 1870s, and its superb illustrations.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

This Halcyon Classics ebook contain four works by George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (1834-1896). Maurier was a French-born British cartoonist and writer, best known for his novel TRILBY and its malevolent character, Svengali.TRILBY is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. 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. TRILBY introduced the character of Svengali, a Jewish rogue, masterful musician, and hypnotist. Svengali created a stereotype of the evil hypnotist that persists to this day. TRILBY also inspired Gaston Leroux's novel THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.This ebook is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy IbbotsonThe MartianSocial Pictorial Satire

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The caricaturist George du Maurier (grandfather of Daphne du Maurier) is celebrated for his illustrations for ‘Punch’, offering incisive and hilarious commentaries on Victorian society. Du Maurier also wrote three successful novels, including the hugely popular ‘Trilby’, recounting the story of a poor artist's model transformed into a diva under the spell of Svengali, an evil musical genius. This plot would later inspire Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel ‘Phantom of the Opera’, as well as countless other tales of the gothic genre. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents du Maurier’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to du Maurier’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels * All the novels, with individual contents tables * Includes du Maurier’s illustrations * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare sketch books available in no other collection * Includes a wide selection of du Maurier’s illustrations to works by other authors * Features three biographies, including Henry James’ seminal study – immerse yourself in du Maurier’s world * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles The Novels Peter Ibbetson (1891) Trilby (1894) The Martian (1897) Satire and Sketches Recollections of an English Gold Mine (1861) English Society at Home (1881) Pictures of English Society (1884) English Society (1886) Social Pictorial Satire (1898) A Legend of Camelot, Pictures and Poems, etc. (1898) Works by Other Authors Illustrated by George du Maurier The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Felix (1863) The Grey Woman and Other Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell (1865) A Rose in June by Mrs. Oliphant (1874) Mr. Punch’s Railway Book (1910) Stage, Study & Studio (c. 1910) Mr. Punch in Being the Humours of Social Life (1910) Miscellaneous Works Illustrated by du Maurier The Biographies George du Maurier (1888) by Henry James Trilbyana (1895) by Joseph Benson Gilder and Jeannette Leonard Gilder George du Maurier (1901) by Alfred Ainger Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1884]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. - English, Pages 117. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.}

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C'est l'histoire d'une quête de l'amour, qui atteint à son accomplissement en dépit des obstacles. Après plusieurs années de tendresse partagée, deux enfants, Mary et Peter, se trouvent brutalement séparés. Peter tombe sous le joug d'un tuteur odieux, Mary épouse un duc. Lorsque le hasard les met en présence l'un de l'autre, il faut que vienne du lointain de l'enfance un déferlement de souvenirs et d'affection pour que les saisisse, une passion impossible en raison des préjugés sociaux. Parmi les rares entreprises qui ne répandent pas sur l'amour les cendres du déclin, de la mort et de la corruption par l'esprit, je ne vois, hormis l'oeuvre de Dante, de Blake, de Hölderlin, de Fourier, d'autres diamants de l'herbe que ce Peter Ibbetson dont la frêle composition fait songer aux spores traversant le cosmos pour ensemencer la terre. Mais le cosmos est, ici, l'être humain en sa substance spécifiquement terrestre et en sa créativité sidérale. Raoul Vaneigem

Shadows in the Moonlight is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in April 1934. Howard originally named his story "Iron Shadows in the Moon". It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan escaping to a remote island in the Vilayet Sea where he encounters the Red Brotherhood, a skulking creature, and mysterious iron statues.The story was republished in the collections Conan the Barbarian (Gnome Press, 1954) and Conan the Freebooter (Lancer Books, 1968). It has more recently been published in the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000) and Conan of Volume One (1932-1933) (Del Rey, 2003).

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... "For where did all those five-franc pieces come from--hein ?--with which she had tried to pay for all the singing-lessons that had been thrown away upon her? Not from merely sitting to painters--hein?" Thus the little gazelle-eyed Jerusalem skylark went back to her native streets again--a mere mud-lark of the Paris slums -- her wings clipped, her spirit quenched and broken, and with no more singing left in her than a common or garden sparrow -- not so much! And so, no more of "la betite Ilonorine!" The morning after this adventure Svengali woke up in his garret with a tremendous longing to spend a happy day; for it was a Sunday, and a very fine one. He made a long arm and reached his waistcoat and trousers off the floor, and emptied the contents of their pockets on to his tattered blanket; no silver, no gold, only a few sous and two-sou pieces, just enough to pay for a meagre premier dejeuner! He had cleared out Gecko the day before, and spent the proceeds (ten francs, at least) in one night's riotous living--pleasures in which Gecko had had no share; and he could think of no one to borrow money from but Little Billee, Taffy, and the Laird, whom he had neglected and left untapped for days. So he slipped into his clothes, and looked at himself in what remained of a little zinc mirror, and found that his forehead left little to be desired, but that his eyes and temples were decidedly grimy. "Wherefore, he poured a little water out of a little jug into a little basin, and, twisting the corner of his pocket-handkerchief round his dirty forefinger, he delicately dipped it, and removed the offending stains. His fingers, he thought, would do very well for another day or two as they were; he ran them through his matted black mane, pushed it...

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Excerpt from Peter Ibbetson, Vol. 2 of 2As I got near to the avenue gate, instead of the school on my left there was a prison and at the door a little thick-set jailer, three feet high and much deformed, and a little deformed jaileress no bigger than himself, were cunningly watching me out of the corners of their eyes, and toothlessly smiling. Presently they began to waltz together to an old, familiar tune, with their enormous keys dangling at their sides and they looked so funny that I laughed and applauded. But soon I perceived that their crooked faces were not really funny indeed, they were fatal and terrible in the extreme, and I was soon conscious that these deadly dwarfs were trying to waltz between me and the avenue gate for which I was bound - to cut me off, that they might run me into the prison, where it was their custom to hang people of a Monday morning.

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This volume, reformatted to meet current ebook standards such as having an active table of contents, contains twelve classic novels, essays, and stories about the planet Mars written by the following authors: George Du Maurier, Tom Godwin, Charles L. Fontenay, Mark Clifton, Randall Garrett, Stanley L. Weinbaum, Eros Urides, Jack Sharkey, Mark Wicks, L.P. Gratacap, Giovanni Schiaparelli, and Andrew North (Andre Norton).The contents of this volume are:1. The Martian, by George Du Maurier2. Cry From a Far Planet, by Tom Godwin3. Rebels of the Third Planet, by Charles L. Fontenay4. Eight Keys to Eden, by Mark Clifton5. The Man Who Hated Mars, by Randall Garrett6. Valley of Dreams, by Stanley L. Weinbaum7. The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, by Eros Urides8. The DOPE on Mars, by Jack Sharkey9. To Mars Via the Moon, by Mark Wicks10. The Certainty of A Future Life on Mars, by L.P. Gratacap11. The Planet Mars, by Giovanni Schiaparelli12. Voodoo Planet, by Andrew North (Andre Norton).

With the Original Illustrations, With Introductions by John Masefield, O.M. & Daphne Du Maurier.Contains: Trilby, The Martians, Peter Ibbetson