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His third novel, a long, mainly autobiographical piece, 'The Martian', was published after his death in 1898.George du Maurier died on 8th October 1898 at age 62 in Hampstead, London.Hardcover. The soft felt hat with an indented crown that was worn in the London stage production is still known as a trilby. It spawned soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and even the city of Trilby in Florida, to be named after its heroine. The story of the poor artist's model Trilby O'Ferrall, transformed into a diva under the spell of the evil musical genius Svengali, created a sensation. Its publication coincided perfectly with the gothic horror revival and the book was hugely popular becoming the best-selling book of 1895. His first, 'Peter Ibbetson' (1891), was a modest success on publication and later adapted to a film, and an opera.His second novel 'Trilby' appeared in 1894. The family moved to Hampstead, and du Maurier began work on his life as a novelist. His reputation was such that he was also asked to illustrate several novels.Owing to his deteriorating eyesight, du Maurier reduced his involvement with Punch in 1891. As well as his black-and-white cartoons for Punch, he freelanced for several other periodicals: Harper's, The Graphic, The Illustrated Times, The Cornhill Magazine, and the religious periodical Good Words. Du Maurier commonly made fun of the affected manners of Victorian society, the bourgeoisie and members of the expanding middle class. Over the next few years they had five children and several house moves.He joined the satirical magazine Punch in 1865 and drew two cartoons a week. On 3rd January 1863, he married Emma at St Marylebone, Westminster.
On consulting an oculist in Dusseldorf, Germany, he met his future wife, Emma Wightwick. However, his grandfather was only a tradesman who left Paris in 1789 to avoid charges of fraud and changed the family name to du Maurier.He studied art in Paris before moving to Antwerp, Belgium where he lost the sight of his left eye. Du Maurier was brought up believing his aristocratic grandparents fled France during the Revolution, leaving vast estates behind in France. George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was born on 6th March 1834 in Paris.
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