Peter Ibbetson

Name: Peter Ibbetson
Author: George Du Maurier
ISBN: 9781787360709

Author: George Du Maurier
Language: English
Length: 282 pages
ISBN: 9781787360709
Published: 2 November 2019
Imprint: Fantastica

Fantasy
Trilby
Science fiction
adventure
action
hypnotic
Svengali
gothic

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Description

This tale of love that transcends all obstacles relates the story of two young lovers who are separated in childhood and then drawn together by destiny years later. Even though they are separated in real life because Peter is unjustly convicted of murder, they discover they can dream themselves into each other's consciousness while asleep. In this way, they live out their life together.

Author

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer, known for his work in Punch and for his Gothic novel Trilby, which featured the character Svengali. He was the father of actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier. He was also the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan.

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