Svengali
Sign in to savethumbnail|Svengali as a spider in his web. Illustration by [[George du Maurier (1895).]] Svengali () is a character in the novel Trilby which was first published in 1894 by George du Maurier. Svengali is a Jewish man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young orphan girl working in Paris, and makes her into a famous singer.
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It sits within the topics Antisemitism in literature, Archetypal names and Characters in 19th-century British novels.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Gender
- male
- Religion
- Judaism
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- Trilby
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thumbnail|Svengali as a spider in his web. Illustration by [[George du Maurier (1895).]] Svengali () is a character in the novel Trilby which was first published in 1894 by George du Maurier. Svengali is a Jewish man who seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young orphan girl working in Paris, and makes her into a famous singer.
== Definition == Since the book's publication in 1894, the word "svengali" has come to refer to a person who, with evil intent, dominates, manipulates and controls another.
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