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Trilby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (218 words) |
 | A trilby or trilby hat is a soft felt men's hat with a narrow brim and a deeply indented crown. |
| Trilby hats are softer than Homburgs, and have a flexible rather than curved brim. |
| The novel's Trilby is described as having exceptionally pretty feet, which would cause a narrow indentation of the kind seen in trilby hats; some sources attribute the hat's name to this fact. |
| Svengali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (430 words) |
| The relation between Svengali and Trilby forms only a small portion of the novel, which is mainly an evocation of Bohemian Paris in the 1850s. |
| Trilby O'Ferrall is literally tone-deaf: "Svengali would test her ear, as he called it, and strike the C in the middle and then the F just above, and ask which was the highest; and she would declare they were both exactly the same." |
| Trilby is unable to sing in tune and is subjected to "laughter, hoots, hisses, cat-calls, cock-crows." Not having been hypnotised, she is completely baffled and cannot remember anything about Svengali or her singing career. |
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