Open AccessParisian Street Names in George Du Maurier's Trilby
Author(s) -
Elizabeth A. Hait
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.1994.42.1.19
Subject(s) - george (robot) , the imaginary , art , art history , literature , classics , psychology , psychoanalysis
In his second and most famous novel, Trilby, George Du Maurier, who was bilingual in French and English, created imaginary street names for the Parisian setting. These names, when translated into English, give insight into or reflect the personalities of the characters who inhabit or frequent the streets.