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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... FACE - HEADS OR TAILS ? ' " 66 A LITTLE WHITE POINT OF INTERROGATION " . 666 BONJOUR , MONSIEUR BONZIG 999 " ' DEMI - TASSE - VOILÀ , M'SIEUR " " PETER THE HERMIT AU PIQUET 6 . THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE " . À VOUS , MONSIEUR DE LA GARDE ...
... FACE - HEADS OR TAILS ? ' " 66 A LITTLE WHITE POINT OF INTERROGATION " . 666 BONJOUR , MONSIEUR BONZIG 999 " ' DEMI - TASSE - VOILÀ , M'SIEUR " " PETER THE HERMIT AU PIQUET 6 . THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE " . À VOUS , MONSIEUR DE LA GARDE ...
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... face almost as soon as look at it , on rather slight provocation , I'm afraid - especially if it were an inch or two higher up than his own . And he was fond of show- ing off , and always wanted to throw farther and jump higher and run ...
... face almost as soon as look at it , on rather slight provocation , I'm afraid - especially if it were an inch or two higher up than his own . And he was fond of show- ing off , and always wanted to throw farther and jump higher and run ...
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... face exposed : she had an amber vest of silk , embroidered with pearls as big as walnuts , and Turkish pantalettes ... faces - like his father be- fore him . There was a regular queue of postulants to see this heavenly Eastern houri and ...
... face exposed : she had an amber vest of silk , embroidered with pearls as big as walnuts , and Turkish pantalettes ... faces - like his father be- fore him . There was a regular queue of postulants to see this heavenly Eastern houri and ...
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... face ; and he made the slow and toilsome journey to the little wooden booth three times and brought us each a pen'orth on each return journey ; and the third time , Katidjah ( such was her sweet Oriental name ) leaned forward over her ...
... face ; and he made the slow and toilsome journey to the little wooden booth three times and brought us each a pen'orth on each return journey ; and the third time , Katidjah ( such was her sweet Oriental name ) leaned forward over her ...
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... face to face with the horrors that were going on . Barty shared my bed , and we lay awake talking half the night ; dreadful as it all was , one couldn't help being jolly ! Every ten minutes the sentinel on duty in the court - yard below ...
... face to face with the horrors that were going on . Barty shared my bed , and we lay awake talking half the night ; dreadful as it all was , one couldn't help being jolly ! Every ten minutes the sentinel on duty in the court - yard below ...
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