Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 210 Du Maurier, George 1834 1896 Maurier, George Du Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson Peter Ibbetson 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.) Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fantasy fiction, English PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 592024 2025-07-04T09:50:57.637724 text/html 591845 2025-01-12T18:09:07.014605 text/html 295929 2025-07-04T09:51:05.396734 application/epub+zip 304137 2025-07-04T09:50:59.439717 application/epub+zip 304137 2025-07-04T09:50:58.319769 application/epub+zip 499081 2025-07-04T09:51:09.965670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464066 2025-07-04T09:51:04.704694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429984 2022-09-05T05:32:30.071877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 537693 2025-07-04T09:50:57.065767 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 537252 2020-12-26T23:40:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 537245 2020-12-26T23:40:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19347 2025-07-04T09:51:10.092684 application/rdf+xml 10929 2025-07-04T09:50:58.815738 image/jpeg 2919 2025-07-04T09:50:58.561730 image/jpeg 217011 2020-12-26T23:40:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 216585 2020-12-26T23:40:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 291480 2025-07-04T09:50:57.683728 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia