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George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer known for work in Punch and a Gothic novel Trilby, featuring the character Svengali. His son was the actor Sir Gerald du Maurier. The writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier and the artist Jeanne du Maurier were all ...
George du Maurier was a British caricaturist whose illustrations for Punch were acute commentaries on the Victorian scene. He also wrote three successful novels. Du Maurier’s happy childhood at Passy, France, is recalled in Peter Ibbetson (1891), and his full-blooded enjoyment of student life in
Mar 2, 2011 · George Du Maurier (b. 1834–d. 1896), the celebrated Victorian cartoonist and novelist, is the author of Trilby (1894), the famous best seller widely considered to have changed the face of the late 19th-century publishing industry. He also wrote Peter Ibbetson (1891) and The Martian (published posthumously in 1897).
Dec 27, 2013 · 3. He (indirectly) inspired Peter Pan. This is because he was grandfather to the five boys who inspired J. M. Barrie’s play. 4. He was the grandfather of Daphne du Maurier. So, had he not lived, we would not have had two more classic novels, Jamaica Inn and Rebecca! 5.
Trilby. (novel) Trilby is a novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time. Published serially in Harper's New Monthly Magazine from January to August 1894, it was published in book form on 8 September 1894 and sold 200,000 copies in the United States alone. [1] Trilby is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris.
Sep 1, 2017 · George du Maurier is much overlooked as a novelist. His other two novels The Martian and Peter Ibbetson are fascinating early science fiction novels. As for marketing, I believe as early as Richardson’s Pamela books inspired merchandise – I’ve read that scenes from Pamela were painted on lady’s fans and sold.
Jan 27, 2024 · Sketched by George Du Maurier, 1897, scanned by George Landow, The Victorian Web. Du Maurier earned a reputation for his sketches of Victorian society that filled the pages of Punch and English Society. Many of his most famous plates that satirize the pretentions of the rising middle class, as is the case with "Taking One Too Much at One's Word."
