Talk:Trilby (novel)

Breathless
Isn't this a bit breathless? "Hijinks"? "A magnificent Irish girl"? - Jmabel | Talk 08:14, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Yah, not to mention "a Jewish rogue"! Exitr 12:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That's actually on the mark. Svengali is a bit of an anti-Semitic stereotype. - Jmabel | Talk 01:41, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I edited those out. I just finished the reading the book. This wiki misses the mark in describing the book. I will improve it when I have time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.18.173.40 (talk) 17:22, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Public domain?
The link to the complete text of the novel is broken. I was looking for a replacement and was surprised to find not a single e-text anywhere. All novels published in 1894 are in the public domain--I thought that was universal. And if it's in the public domain, why wouldn't someone have put up a text? It's one of the better known 1890s novels, I would think. Could it be a trademark issue? That seems unlikely, but it's the only thing I could think of. Nareek 02:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Dealt with, two complete online texts linked. - Jmabel | Talk 18:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

What, if I may ask, is the MOST popular novel of the fin-de-siècle? Fixlein (talk) 14:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

The most popular novel of that period in contemporary terms is Richard Marsh's 'The Beetle' which outsold 'Dracula' wildly, though they were published almost at the same time. (89.240.255.82 (talk) 20:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC))

Spoilers
The plot summary contains massive spoilers and should not be on the page, otherwise a spoiler tag must be used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.234.99.250 (talk) 01:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but all Wikipedia articles contain spoilers and Wikipedia does not issue spoiler warnings. Rifter0x0000 (talk) 23:02, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

is it useful to list the ending of the novel and almost nothing else? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.18.173.40 (talk) 17:23, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Internal Contradictions
According to the opening paragraph, "Trilby and Svengali forms only a small, though crucial, portion of the novel," which includes "the stories of two English artists and a Scottish artist," but the plot summary only mentions Trilby and Svengali. I haven't read the novel, but from the opening paragraph, this "plot summary" is very incomplete. It makes me wonder if it's actually the summary of one of the movies. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 21:55, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

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