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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... woman who washed for us ; Jules , the natural son of a brave old caporal in the trente - septième légère ( a country- man of M. Brossard's ) , who was not well off - so I sus- pect his son was taught and fed for nothing - the Bros ...
... woman who washed for us ; Jules , the natural son of a brave old caporal in the trente - septième légère ( a country- man of M. Brossard's ) , who was not well off - so I sus- pect his son was taught and fed for nothing - the Bros ...
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... woman came up with a guitar , and tried to sing " Le petit mousse noir , " a song Barty knew quite well - but she couldn't sing a bit , and nobody listened . " Allons , Josselin , chante - nous ça ! " said Berquin . And Bonneville ...
... woman came up with a guitar , and tried to sing " Le petit mousse noir , " a song Barty knew quite well - but she couldn't sing a bit , and nobody listened . " Allons , Josselin , chante - nous ça ! " said Berquin . And Bonneville ...
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... woman wept with gratitude at com- ing into such a fortune , and insisted on kissing Barty's hand . Indeed it was a quite wonderful ovation , con- sidering how unmistakably British was Barty's appear- ance , and how unpopular we were in ...
... woman wept with gratitude at com- ing into such a fortune , and insisted on kissing Barty's hand . Indeed it was a quite wonderful ovation , con- sidering how unmistakably British was Barty's appear- ance , and how unpopular we were in ...
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... woman so tipsy in the street that she had to be carried away by two policemen on a stretcher . How he had seen brewers ' dray - horses nearly six feet high at the shoulder - and one or two of them with a heavy cavalry mustache drooping ...
... woman so tipsy in the street that she had to be carried away by two policemen on a stretcher . How he had seen brewers ' dray - horses nearly six feet high at the shoulder - and one or two of them with a heavy cavalry mustache drooping ...
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... woman I loved as well as he did , and have loved as long — and have grown to look upon as belonging to the highest female type that can be ; for doubtless the Creator , in His infinite wisdom , might have created a better and a nicer woman ...
... woman I loved as well as he did , and have loved as long — and have grown to look upon as belonging to the highest female type that can be ; for doubtless the Creator , in His infinite wisdom , might have created a better and a nicer woman ...
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