Full name: The Martian: A Novel

Author: George du Maurier Year: 1897 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Classic Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781517652456 1517652456

The Martian, by George du Maurier, published in 1898 (UK edition) is a long, largely autobiographical, novel that describes the lives of two bosom friends, Barty Josselin and Robert Maurice, starting from their school days in Paris in the 1850s. Written in long descriptive passages with very little dialogue and many digressions, the book had considerably less success in its time than its predecessor, the popular Trilby. Of a rather loose construction, its main points of interest lie for today's readers in lively descriptions of "la vie de bohême" and different parts of Paris through the second half of the 19th century, pages on Mechelen in Belgium and Whitby in the 1870s, and its superb illustrations. This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.