Peter Ibbetson, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

George Du Maurier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1333365063 ISBN 13: 9781333365066

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from Peter Ibbetson, Vol. 1 of 2

It was his wish that the story of his life should be published just as he had written it.

I have found it unadvisable to do this. It would revive, to no useful purpose, an old scandal, long buried and forgotten, and thereby give pain or annoy ance to people who are still alive.

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About the Author

George du Maurier (1834-1896) was born in Paris and grew up in France, Belgium and England. His English-born father, a scientist and amateur inventor, was the son of French émigrés who had fled the Revolution. His mother was the daughter of Mary-Anne Clarke, a former mistress of the Duke of York.

Du Maurier was educated at school in Paris and studied chemistry at University College, London, after which he gained employment as an analytical chemist and mining engineer.

In 1856, following the death of his father, du Maurier returned to Paris to study painting. He lived in the Latin Quarter with fellow students James Whistler and Edward Poynter, an experience which would later provide the background to his novel Trilby.

In 1859, du Maurier lost the sight in his left eye. Despite this setback, he moved to London and began to make his name as an illustrator for periodicals like Once a Week and the Cornhill Magazine.

Du Maurier married in 1863 and shortly afterwards became a full-time cartoonist for the satirical magazine Punch. Over the next two decades he also provided book illustrations for many leading authors of the day, including Thomas Hardy, George Meredith and Henry James, who became a close friend.

With James' encouragement du Maurier wrote and illustrated his own novel, Peter Ibbetson (1891), which drew heavily on his Parisian childhood. This was followed by a second novel, Trilby (1894), which caused a worldwide sensation and was successfully adapted for the stage.

In 1896 du Maurier completed his third and final book, The Martian (1897), but died of heart failure before it was published.

He was the grandfather of the author Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989).

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1333365063
• ISBN 13: 9781333365066
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 221