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Leonard Cohen wearing a trilby. A trilby is a narrow-brimmed type of hat. The trilby was once viewed as the rich man's favored hat; it is sometimes called the "brown trilby" in Britain and was frequently seen at the horse races.
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, novel by George du Maurier, published in 1894. The novel tells the story of Trilby O’Ferrall, an artist’s model in Paris, who falls under the spell of the compelling Svengali, a musician who trains her voice through hypnosis and turns her into a singing star.
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George du Maurier, Dennis Denisoff. 3.31. 1,394 ratings199 reviews. 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.
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May 29, 2012 · A classic novel of musical and psychological fiction, Trilby tells the story of a young singer and her hypnotist lover in Paris. Download or read online for free in various formats, including EPUB, Kindle, and HTML.
- George du Maurier
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Sep 1, 2017 · Learn about the best-selling novel of the Victorian era, Trilby, by the cartoonist George du Maurier. Discover how the novel spawned a hat, a term, and a musical sensation, but also faced criticism for its antisemitism.
Jul 27, 2020 · Trilby is a novel by George Du Maurier about a girl under the spell of a mysterious musician in Paris. Learn how the book influenced stage, film, music, and language, and why the term "Svengali" is still used today.
