Was Svengali a real person or fictional?

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Was Svengali a real person or fictional?

2007-02-09 13:19:29 · 2 answers · asked by charlottepartin 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors

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Svengali was a fictional character in a book based on the author's(George Du Maurier) experience in a hypnotist's office. The novel is called "Trilby".

Today it has come to mean a person with selfish intent who controls another individual.

http://www.hypnotism.org/Svengali.htm

2007-02-09 13:47:03 · answer #1 · answered by Globetrotter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A real person. People cn be mythosed by perceptions of popular or unpopular views

2007-02-09 21:25:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋