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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... poor Dido's favorite younger brother ( not mentioned by Publius Vergilius Maro , if I remember ) . Palaiseau , who sat next to me , had a cold in his head , and kept sniffing in a manner that got on my nerves . " Mouche - toi donc ...
... poor Dido's favorite younger brother ( not mentioned by Publius Vergilius Maro , if I remember ) . Palaiseau , who sat next to me , had a cold in his head , and kept sniffing in a manner that got on my nerves . " Mouche - toi donc ...
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... poor Chardonnet in his remote parlor — he was getting tired . I have heard " L'Invitation à la Valse " many hundreds of times since then , and in many countries , but never that bar without thinking of Josselin and his little white ...
... poor Chardonnet in his remote parlor — he was getting tired . I have heard " L'Invitation à la Valse " many hundreds of times since then , and in many countries , but never that bar without thinking of Josselin and his little white ...
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... poor Lord Runs- wick was killed in a duel about a dog , when his son was two years old ; and his mother left the stage , and— ” Just here the beautiful Miss came in with her sister , and there was no more of Josselin's family his- tory ...
... poor Lord Runs- wick was killed in a duel about a dog , when his son was two years old ; and his mother left the stage , and— ” Just here the beautiful Miss came in with her sister , and there was no more of Josselin's family his- tory ...
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... poor fisher - folk in Le Pollet , Dieppe . I , with Barty for a guide , have seen the lowly dwelling where her infancy and childhood were spent , and which Barty remembered well , and also such of her kin as was still alive in 1870 ...
... poor fisher - folk in Le Pollet , Dieppe . I , with Barty for a guide , have seen the lowly dwelling where her infancy and childhood were spent , and which Barty remembered well , and also such of her kin as was still alive in 1870 ...
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... Poor Antoinette , mad with grief , left the stage , and went with her little boy to live in the Pollet , near her parents . Three years later she died there , of typhus , and Barty was left an orphan and penniless ; for Lord Runs- wick ...
... Poor Antoinette , mad with grief , left the stage , and went with her little boy to live in the Pollet , near her parents . Three years later she died there , of typhus , and Barty was left an orphan and penniless ; for Lord Runs- wick ...
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