Svengali - Unabridged Guide

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...The novel is less a discussion of the relationship between Svengali and Trilby than an evocation of bohemian Paris during the 1850s.

... The scholar Edgar Rosenberg calls Svengali an example of anti-Semitic stereotyping in English fiction, and identifies him as a version of Ahasver, The Wandering Jew; he notes a reference to Svengali walking up and down the earth seeking whom he might cheat, betray, exploit. . .

... The character was portrayed in many silent movie versions of the story and in talking movies, and was played by Paul Wegener in a 1927 German silent film of the same name, by John Barrymore in a a 1931 version, by Donald Wolfit in a 1954 version in Technicolor, and by Peter O'Toole in a 1983 made-for-television modernized version, also in colour, co-featuring Jodie Foster.

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Inside the Guide: Svengali, Trilby (novel), Svengali (1954 film), Svengali (1931 film), Svengali (1927 film), Paul Wegener, John Barrymore, Jodie Foster, George du Maurier, Donald Wolfit, Derren Brown

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