The Martian: A NovelHarper & brothers, 1897 - 477 páginas The narrator and main character, Barty Josselin, attempts suicide after he loses his sight in one eye, prompting the appearance of Martia, the Martian, with whom he now shares his body. Du Maurier also introduces the concept of automatic writing in this novel: while Josselin sleeps, Martia writes and Josselin becomes a world-famous writer. |
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... Caroline Grey ( one of the Rohans ) , who adored him . It begins : " MY DEAR AUNT CAROLINE , -Thank you so much for the magnifying - glass , which is not only magnifying , but magnifique . Don't trouble to send any more gin- gerbread ...
... Caroline Grey ( one of the Rohans ) , who adored him . It begins : " MY DEAR AUNT CAROLINE , -Thank you so much for the magnifying - glass , which is not only magnifying , but magnifique . Don't trouble to send any more gin- gerbread ...
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... Caroline - Lady Caroline Grey - of all his aunts the aunt who had loved him the best as a boy whom he had loved the best . She was a Roman Catholic , and very devout indeed - a widow , and childless now . And between her and 210.
... Caroline - Lady Caroline Grey - of all his aunts the aunt who had loved him the best as a boy whom he had loved the best . She was a Roman Catholic , and very devout indeed - a widow , and childless now . And between her and 210.
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... Caroline for three or four years ; but at the sudden sight of her a wave of tender childish remembrance swept over him , and his heart beat quite warmly to her : affliction is a solvent of many things , and first - cousin to forgive ...
... Caroline for three or four years ; but at the sudden sight of her a wave of tender childish remembrance swept over him , and his heart beat quite warmly to her : affliction is a solvent of many things , and first - cousin to forgive ...
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... Caroline ! I am a very altered person , and a very unlucky one ! " " Tell me , dear ! " And he told her all his story , from the fatal quarrel with her brother Lord Archibald - and the true history of that quarrel ; and all that had ...
... Caroline ! I am a very altered person , and a very unlucky one ! " " Tell me , dear ! " And he told her all his story , from the fatal quarrel with her brother Lord Archibald - and the true history of that quarrel ; and all that had ...
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... Caroline , and rediscov- ered what a pleasant and lively companion she could be especially at meals ( she was fond of good food of a plain and wholesome kind , and took good care to get it ) . She had her little narrownesses , to be ...
... Caroline , and rediscov- ered what a pleasant and lively companion she could be especially at meals ( she was fond of good food of a plain and wholesome kind , and took good care to get it ) . She had her little narrownesses , to be ...
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