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A dark, spellbinding descent into bohemian Paris where innocence is consumed by sinister magnetism and occult obsessions. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Trilby.
- mesmerizing
- sinister
- bohemian
- spellbinding
- fatalistic
- 01
The Magician
William Somerset Maugham
A chilling descent from the bright cafes of bohemian Paris into the suffocating grip of occult obsession.
- 02
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy · 1920
A lush, devastating portrait of a woman crushed by the relentless machinery of fate and social hypocrisy.
- 03
The Prestige
Christopher Priest · 1995
A meticulously constructed puzzle-box of a novel that traps you in a gaslit spiral of obsession and deceit.
- 04
The scapegoat
Daphne du Maurier · 1957
A tense, witty psychological thriller where a chance encounter with a doppelganger spirals into a high-stakes game of aristocratic deception.
- 05
Dangerous Angel
Deborah Martin
A swoony, music-filled historical romance where a fiercely talented vicar's daughter flips the script and seduces a reluctant duke.
- 06
Le fantôme de l'opéra
Gaston Leroux · 1911
A descent into the shadowy, opulent bowels of a Parisian theater where obsession and genius wear a terrifying mask.
- 07
The moon and sixpence
W. Somerset Maugham
A mesmerizing, cynical exploration of a man who burns his entire bourgeois life to the ground to feed an insatiable artistic obsession.
- 08
The Last Rake in London
Nicola Cornick
A glittering, high-stakes game of seduction where an icy club owner meets her scandalous match.
- 09
The Song of the Lark
Willa Cather · 1915
A sweeping, sun-drenched portrait of a young woman's relentless ascent to artistic greatness, rooted in the vastness of the American West.
- 10
A bewitching compulsion
Susan Napier · 1989
A high-stakes, emotionally charged vintage romance where fierce maternal protection clashes with irresistible, sweeping passion.
- 11
Three Nights of Sin
Anne Mallory
A shadowy, sensual descent into London's underworld where a desperate bargain ignites an all-consuming passion.
- 12
On Wings Of Song
Mary Burchell
A charming vintage romance where artistic ambition and polite antagonism crescendo into a sweeping, operatic love story.
