George Du Maurier

The Martian (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Published posthumously and largely based on du Maurier's school days in Paris, The Martian is a captivating romantic fantasy in which an earthlingBartybecomes possessed by the spirit of Martia, a female extraterrestrial. They share a body, and while Barty sleeps, Martia writes fiction in Barty's name, catapulting him to fame.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411444553
• Artikelnr.: 50389950

Autorenporträt

George du Maurier (1834-1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist, novelist, and short story writer. Born in Paris, du Maurier was raised in an aristocratic family whose fortunes had dwindled following his paternal grandfather's implication in a 1789 financial scandal. His mother, Ellen Clarke, was the daughter of courtesan Mary Anne Clarke, the former mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Educated in Paris at the art studio of Charles Gleyre, du Maurier moved to Antwerp and Düsseldorf-where he sought help for an ailment in his left eye-before settling in London in 1851. There, he married Emma Wightwick, with whom he would raise five children, some of whom went on to successful careers in the arts. In 1865, du Maurier found work as a cartoonist for Punch magazine, where he gained a reputation as a leading satirist for cartoons poking fun at Victorian society and the burgeoning middle class. In addition to his black and white drawings for Punch, du Maurier produced illustrations for such periodicals as Harper's, The Graphic, and The Cornhill Magazine. As his eyesight failed, du Maurier turned increasingly to fiction, writing the play Peter Ibbetson (1891) and the popular gothic horror novel Trilby (1894), both of which have been adapted for theater and film.