Trilby
Author(s): George Du Maurier
Genre(s): Gothic Fiction
Narrators: Christian Al-Kadi, David Lawrence, Estelle Jobson, Jersey City Frankie, Erich V, Barry Eads, Jc Guan, Nadine Eckert-Boulet
Number of Chapters: 30
Length: 11 hours and 12 minutes
Language: English
Trilby, published in 1894, fits into the gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the Fin de siècle and is one of the most popular novels of its time, perhaps the second best selling novel of the Fin de siècle period after Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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. Soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and Trilby, Florida were all named for the heroine, and a variety of soft felt hat with an indented crown (worn in the London stage production of a dramatization of the novel) came to be called a trilby.