Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 73 Du Maurier, George 1834 1896 Maurier, George Du Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson Peter Ibbetson Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Charlie Kirschner, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "Peter Ibbetson" by George Du Maurier is a semi-autobiographical novel written during the late 19th century. The narrative presents the life story of its protagonist, Peter Ibbetson, a man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, who later finds himself in a lunatic asylum, where he writes his memoirs. The book intricately explores themes of memory, love, and the haunting nature of past experiences, focusing on Ibbetson's formative years in France and his deeply emotional connections to family and friendship. The opening of the narrative sets a somber tone as it introduces the context of Ibbetson's life: he serves a long sentence for a violent crime driven by provocation, leading to a period of insanity and eventual confinement. The author provides a retrospective insight into his childhood, filled with idyllic memories of a lush French garden, the charm of his parents, and significant figures in his early life, such as Madame Seraskier. Through vivid descriptions, the reader is drawn into his happy yet transient early years, emphasizing the beauty of his formative experiences while underscoring the tragic turn of events that leads to his harsh realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction, English PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 591852 591708 2024-10-04T12:03:22.819015 2023-10-05T04:03:59.698818 text/html text/html 591845 591701 2024-10-04T12:03:23.143004 2023-10-05T04:03:59.920794 text/html text/html 295847 2024-10-04T12:03:31.979956 application/epub+zip 304138 2024-10-04T12:03:25.146006 application/epub+zip 304138 2024-10-04T12:03:23.914013 application/epub+zip 499095 2024-10-04T12:03:37.118945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464066 2024-10-04T12:03:31.069002 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429984 2022-09-05T05:32:30.071877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 537693 537600 2024-10-04T12:03:22.296994 2023-10-05T04:03:59.331790 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 537252 2020-12-26T23:40:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 217011 2020-12-26T23:40:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 537245 2020-12-26T23:40:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 216585 2020-12-26T23:40:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20899 2024-10-04T12:03:37.250943 application/rdf+xml 10929 2024-10-04T12:03:24.452980 image/jpeg 2919 2024-10-04T12:03:24.184000 image/jpeg 291418 2024-10-04T12:03:23.194054 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia