Svengali is the sinister musician and hypnotist who dominates the heroine of Trilby, the bestselling 1894 novel by George du Maurier. Using his powers of mesmerism, he exercises near-total control over Trilby O'Ferrall. The character became one of the most memorable figures in Victorian fiction, and his name entered the English language as a term for a manipulative individual who exerts an excessive or malign influence over another person. Through stage adaptations, films, and popular culture, Svengali outlived the novel that created him, becoming a lasting shorthand for domination disguised as mentorship. - AsNotedIn
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