One of the most memorable characters is Svengali, a Jewish rogue, masterful musician, and hypnotist who, by hypnotization, transforms Trilby into a great diva. Trilby O'Ferrall, the novel's heroine, is a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artists' model and laundress. The novel is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. His highly successful novel, "Trilby" (1894), is perhaps the second best selling novel of it's time after Bram Stoker's "Dracula". Maurier's drawings for English illustrated periodicals such as "Punch", "Once a Week", and "The Leisure Hour" were acute commentaries on the Victorian scene. His skilled draftsmanship and engaging personality quickly established his success. The caricaturist abandoned painting for drawing when he was blinded in one eye. George du Maurier (1834-1896) was a French-born British cartoonist and most notably, an author.
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