Trilby is a sensation novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time. Published serially in Harper's New Monthly Magazine from January to August 1894, it was published in book form on 8 September 1894 and sold 200,000 copies in the United States alone. Trilby is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris. Though Trilby features the stories of two English artists and a Scottish artist, one of the most memorable characters is Svengali, a rogue, masterful musician and hypnotist. Trilby, the novel's heroine, is a young orphan girl working in Paris as an artist's model and laundress; all the men in the novel are in love with her.
Adaptations (2)
Trilby has been adapted into 2 films, from 1915 to 1983. The most recent is Svengali (1983).
Trilby1915 · film · 59 min · dir. Maurice Tourneur · IMDb ↗IMDb6.0The hypnotic Svengali controls the singing voice of a young starlet, but he cannot control her heart.
Svengali1983 · film · 100 min · dir. Anthony Harvey · IMDb ↗IMDb5.8An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger. An adaptation of George L. Du Maurier's novel "Trilby"
