Svengali
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Svengali is a character in the novel Trilby, which was first published in 1894 by George du Maurier. Svengali is a Jewish man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young orphan girl working in
Svengali as a spider in his web. Illustration by George du Maurier (1895).
Wilton Lackaye as Svengali (1905)
Trilby (novel)
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Trilby is a sensation 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 bo
Svengali
…Svengali () is a character in the novel Trilby, which was first published in 1894 by George du Maurier. Svengali is a Jewish man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young orphan girl working…
Cover of the first edition of the novel (1894)
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, portrait by Peter Copmann, 1837
Svengali as a spider in his web, illustration by George du Maurier, 1895