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George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was a French-British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and also for his novel Trilby.

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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... Read Full Overview

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 - 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and for his novel Trilby. He was the father of actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier and Dame... Read Full Overview

He was gifted with a magnificent, a phenomenal voice-a barytone and tenor rolled into one; a marvel of richness, sweetness, flexibility, and power-and had intended to sing at the opera; indeed, he had studied for three years at the Paris Conservatoire to that end; and there he... Read Full Overview

He was gifted with a magnificent, a phenomenal voice-a barytone and tenor rolled into one; a marvel of richness, sweetness, flexibility, and power-and had intended to sing at the opera; indeed, he had studied for three years at the Paris Conservatoire to that end; and there he... Read Full Overview

Peter Ibbetson is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus... Read Full Overview

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Peter Ibbetson is a novel written by George Du Maurier, originally published in 1891. The story follows the life of Peter Ibbetson, a young boy who falls in love with his neighbor, Mary, and dreams of marrying her someday. However, Peter's mother dies and he is sent away to live... Read Full Overview

Excerpt: ...yet here was everything as it had been when I was a child; and all through the agency of this solid phantom of a lovely young English duchess, whose warm gloved hands I had only this minute been holding in mine The scent of her gloves was still in my palm. I looked... Read Full Overview

First published in 1891, Peter Ibbetson was the first of three novels - with Trilby and The Martian - that du Maurier wrote and illustrated in the last five years of his life. Peter 'Gogo' Pasquier, an inmate at an English lunatic asylum, records the unfortunate chain of events... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview