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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... stories high , and capable of accommodating thirty boys , sleeping or waking , at work or rest or play ; for in bad weather we played indoors , or tried to , chess , draughts , backgam- mon , and the like - even blind - man's - buff ...
... stories high , and capable of accommodating thirty boys , sleeping or waking , at work or rest or play ; for in bad weather we played indoors , or tried to , chess , draughts , backgam- mon , and the like - even blind - man's - buff ...
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... story of his life — and I am so proud and happy to be the biogra- pher of such a man , at his own often expressed desire , that I hardly know where to leave off and what to leave out . Also , this is quite a new trade for me , who have ...
... story of his life — and I am so proud and happy to be the biogra- pher of such a man , at his own often expressed desire , that I hardly know where to leave off and what to leave out . Also , this is quite a new trade for me , who have ...
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... stories high . The two school - houses in red brick are no more ; the play - ground grew into a luxuriant garden , where a dozen very tall trees overtopped the rest ; from their evident age and their position in regard to each other ...
... stories high . The two school - houses in red brick are no more ; the play - ground grew into a luxuriant garden , where a dozen very tall trees overtopped the rest ; from their evident age and their position in regard to each other ...
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... story of his birth and early childhood . His father , Lord Runswick , fell desperately in love with the beautiful Antoinette Josselin after his own wife had gone hopelessly mad . He failed to obtain a divorce , naturally ; Antoinette ...
... story of his birth and early childhood . His father , Lord Runswick , fell desperately in love with the beautiful Antoinette Josselin after his own wife had gone hopelessly mad . He failed to obtain a divorce , naturally ; Antoinette ...
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... story — at least , I hope not . One never quite knows . To go back to Barty : he was the most generous boy in the school . If I may paraphrase an old saying , he really didn't seem to know the difference betwixt tuum et meum ...
... story — at least , I hope not . One never quite knows . To go back to Barty : he was the most generous boy in the school . If I may paraphrase an old saying , he really didn't seem to know the difference betwixt tuum et meum ...
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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