The Martian, A Novel

The Martian, by George du Maurier, is a largely autobiographical novel published in 1898 and the author's third. It describes the life of Barty Josselin as told by his close friend Robert Maurice, starting from their school days in Paris in the 1850s. Barty Josselin and Robert Maurice are English boys attending the Institution F. Brossard, in Paris. Barty is 'a handsome, high-spirited, mischievous...