- Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Dreams in literature, English Fantasy fiction, English literature
Peter Ibbetson is a romantic novel from the late Victorian era - poignant, melancholic and deeply nostalgic, with a paranormal twist. The plot makes use of the idea of a shared lucid dream in bringing together lovers who are otherwise separated in waking reality, by class and circumstance.
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Contemplative, nostalgic, intimate and grave.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- George du Maurier
- First published
- 1846
- Pages
- 381
- Publisher
- Gallimard, BiblioBazaar, Harper & Brothers
- Editions
- 62
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISBN
- 9781015611184
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