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Trilby. Trilby is a 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. [1] Trilby is set in the 1850s in an idyllic bohemian Paris.
Trilby; or, The Fairy of Argyll (French: Trilby, ou le lutin d’Argail) is an 1822 literary fairy tale novella by French author Charles Nodier (1780–1844). In it, a Scottish household spirit falls in love with the married woman of the house, who at first has him banished, then misses him, and eventually returns his love, both of them dying ...
Trilbyana. Svengali and Trilby in the London theatrical production of 1895. Trilbyana or Trilby-Mania was the fashion for things based on the story Trilby by George du Maurier. [1] This was especially popular during the 1890s. [2] The works included burlesques, cartoons, movies, parodies, plays, sketches and tableaux.
Svengali. Svengali as a spider in his web. Illustration by George du Maurier (1895). Svengali ( / svɛŋˈɡɑːli /) is a character in the novel Trilby which was first published in 1894 by George du Maurier. Svengali is a Jewish man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young half-Irish girl, and makes her into a famous singer.
Circlet. A circlet is a piece of headwear that is similar to a diadem or a corolla. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The word 'circlet' is also used to refer to the base of a crown or a coronet, with or without a cap. [ 4][ 5] Diadem and circlet are often used interchangeably, [ 6] and 'open crowns' with no arches (as opposed to ' closed crowns ') have also been ...
Viète. de Moivre. Euler. Fourier. v. t. e. In trigonometry, trigonometric identities are equalities that involve trigonometric functions and are true for every value of the occurring variables for which both sides of the equality are defined. Geometrically, these are identities involving certain functions of one or more angles.
Trilby. A trilby is a narrow- brimmed type of hat. The trilby was once viewed as the rich man's favored hat; it is sometimes called the "brown trilby" in Britain [ 1] and was frequently seen at the horse races. The traditional London hat company Lock and Co. describes the trilby as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and ...
The Orange Belt Railway (later known as the Sanford & St. Petersburg Railroad) was a 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge railroad established in 1885 by Russian exile Peter Demens in Florida. It was one of the longest narrow gauge railroads in the United States at the time of its completion in 1888, with a mainline 152 miles (245 km) in length between ...