Names (Mar 1994)

Parisian Street Names in George Du Maurier's Trilby

  • Elizabeth A. Hait

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1994.42.1.19
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 1

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Abstract 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.