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Female singer from the George Du Maurier novel ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39858 Trilby]'', set in 1850s Paris. First published as a serial in 1894 in ''Harper's Monthly'', it was published in book form in 1895. | Female singer from the George Du Maurier novel ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39858 Trilby]'', set in 1850s Paris. First published as a serial in 1894 in ''Harper's Monthly'', it was published in book form in 1895. | ||
| − | Trilby O'Ferrall, a tone deaf, half-Irish laundress, | + | Trilby O'Ferrall, a tone deaf, half-Irish laundress, falls under the spell of Svengali, who through hypnotism, turns her into the talented singing sensation "la Svengali," but only when she is under his hypnosis. |
The novel gave us the term "Svengali;" partly inspired Gaston Leroux's novel ''[[:Category:Phantom of the Opera|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1910); and named a hat called the trilby. | The novel gave us the term "Svengali;" partly inspired Gaston Leroux's novel ''[[:Category:Phantom of the Opera|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1910); and named a hat called the trilby. | ||
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Female singer from the George Du Maurier novel Trilby, set in 1850s Paris. First published as a serial in 1894 in Harper's Monthly, it was published in book form in 1895.
Trilby O'Ferrall, a tone deaf, half-Irish laundress, falls under the spell of Svengali, who through hypnotism, turns her into the talented singing sensation "la Svengali," but only when she is under his hypnosis.
The novel gave us the term "Svengali;" partly inspired Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera (1910); and named a hat called the trilby.
