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
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
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
Trilby (novel)
…in an idyllic bohemian Paris. Though Trilby features the stories of two English artists and a Scottish artist, one of the most memorable characters is Svengali, a rogue, masterful musician and hypnotist. Trilby, the novel's heroine, is a young orphan girl working in Paris as an artist's model and laundress…
Svengali as a spider in his web. Illustration by George du Maurier (1895).
Wilton Lackaye as Svengali (1905)