Front cover image for The Martian : a novel

The Martian : a novel

George Du Maurier (Author), Harper & Brothers (Publisher)
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
Print Book, English, 1897
Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1897
Fictional Work
iv, 477 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
346622
Includes frontispiece engraved portrait of Du Maurier
On p. [459]-477: "Glossary."
Cloth binding designed by Margaret Armstrong?
Not in Gullans & Espey