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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... things in the world ! My life is so full of Barty Josselin that I can hardly be said to have ever had an existence apart from his ; and I can think of no easier or better way to tell Barty's history than just telling my own - from the ...
... things in the world ! My life is so full of Barty Josselin that I can hardly be said to have ever had an existence apart from his ; and I can think of no easier or better way to tell Barty's history than just telling my own - from the ...
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... things did not go smoothly for Josselin all that Saturday afternoon . When Bonzig left , the boys gath- ered round " le nouveau , " large and small , and asked questions . And just before the bell sounded for French literature , I saw ...
... things did not go smoothly for Josselin all that Saturday afternoon . When Bonzig left , the boys gath- ered round " le nouveau , " large and small , and asked questions . And just before the bell sounded for French literature , I saw ...
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... things came easily - and life itself as an un- commonly good joke . During that summer term of 1847 I did not see very much of him . He was in the class below mine , and took up with Laferté and little Bussy - Rabutin , who were first ...
... things came easily - and life itself as an un- commonly good joke . During that summer term of 1847 I did not see very much of him . He was in the class below mine , and took up with Laferté and little Bussy - Rabutin , who were first ...
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... things that we all know and are sorry for and ashamed , but cannot put a stop to . The boys laughed , of course ; they always did when Dumollard tried to be funny , " and many a joke had he , " although his wit never degenerated into ...
... things that we all know and are sorry for and ashamed , but cannot put a stop to . The boys laughed , of course ; they always did when Dumollard tried to be funny , " and many a joke had he , " although his wit never degenerated into ...
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... things to tell too but so preposterous that they disbelieved him quite openly , and told him so . How in London he had seen a poor woman so tipsy in the street that she had to be carried away by two policemen on a stretcher . How he had ...
... things to tell too but so preposterous that they disbelieved him quite openly , and told him so . How in London he had seen a poor woman so tipsy in the street that she had to be carried away by two policemen on a stretcher . How he had ...
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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