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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... happy memories of half a century , lead me to mere naturalness and the use of simple homely words , even my own native telegraphese ! that I may haply blunder at length into some fit form of expression which Barty himself might have ...
... happy memories of half a century , lead me to mere naturalness and the use of simple homely words , even my own native telegraphese ! that I may haply blunder at length into some fit form of expression which Barty himself might have ...
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... happy life indeed . Then I was sent to Brossard's school , in the Avenue de St. - Cloud , Paris , where I was again very happy , and fond of ( nearly ) everybody , from the splendid head master and his handsome son , Monsieur Mérovée ...
... happy life indeed . Then I was sent to Brossard's school , in the Avenue de St. - Cloud , Paris , where I was again very happy , and fond of ( nearly ) everybody , from the splendid head master and his handsome son , Monsieur Mérovée ...
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... happy years , and was so universally and singularly pop- ular ! Why should I take such pains about all this , and dwell so laboriously on all these minute details ? Firstly , because it all concerns Josselin and the story of his life ...
... happy years , and was so universally and singularly pop- ular ! Why should I take such pains about all this , and dwell so laboriously on all these minute details ? Firstly , because it all concerns Josselin and the story of his life ...
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... from Dieppe once a year to see him , and were well pleased with the happy condition of his new life ; and the more Lord and Lady Archibald saw of these grand- 31 “'QUEL, AMOUR D'ENFANT 66 AMIS, LA MATINÉE EST BELLE 51 66.
... from Dieppe once a year to see him , and were well pleased with the happy condition of his new life ; and the more Lord and Lady Archibald saw of these grand- 31 “'QUEL, AMOUR D'ENFANT 66 AMIS, LA MATINÉE EST BELLE 51 66.
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... happy . Every year at Christmas he went with the Rohans to Castle Rohan in Yorkshire , where his English grandfather lived , the Marquis of Whitby — and where he was petted and made much of by all the members , young and old ...
... happy . Every year at Christmas he went with the Rohans to Castle Rohan in Yorkshire , where his English grandfather lived , the Marquis of Whitby — and where he was petted and made much of by all the members , young and old ...
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admiration Antwerp aunt Barge Yard Barty Josselin Barty's beautiful better bien Blankenberghe Bois de Boulogne Bonzig boys Brossard Brussels Bussy-Rabutin c'est called charming cher cœur daughter dear Déjanire delightful dined divine Julia Dumollard Düsseldorf English eyes face famous father feel felt fond France French genial girl handsome happy heart hour immense kind knew Lady Caroline Laferté laugh le Pactole Leah Leah Gibson Leah's lived looked Lord Archibald m'sieur Madame married Marsfield Martia Maurice Mechelen Mérovée Monsieur morning mother never night Noiret once Paris Père play poor pretty Rapaud remember retina Riffrath Rohan round sang Sardonyx says Barty Scatcherd seemed sing sister sleep smoke song soon Southampton Row splendid talk tall Tavistock Square tell things thought told took voice walked Whitby wife woman young