by . ▁ ▁Plot ▁▁ ▁Bart y ▁J oss elin ▁and ▁Robert ▁Maurice ▁are ▁English ▁boys ▁att ending ▁the ▁Institution ▁F . ▁B ross ard , ▁in ▁Paris . ▁Bart y ▁is ▁" a ▁hand some , ▁high - sp ir ited , ▁m isch iev ous , ▁and ▁gift ed ▁fellow , ▁thoroughly ▁practical , ▁yet ▁with ▁tra its ▁that ▁have ▁in ▁them ▁a ▁strange ▁ideal ism ." ▁After ▁finishing ▁school , ▁they ▁return ▁to ▁England , ▁where ▁Bart y ▁sp ends ▁some ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁army , ▁but ▁res ign s . ▁▁ ▁His ▁vision ▁fails , ▁and ▁he ▁travel s ▁seeking ▁help ▁with ▁it , ▁becoming ▁suic idal . ▁He ▁lear ns ▁in ▁a ▁dream ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁guard ian ▁spirit ▁Mart ia , ▁a ▁female ▁spirit ▁from ▁Mars , ▁who ▁communic ates ▁with ▁him ▁and ▁offers ▁him ▁guidance . ▁She ▁insp ires ▁him ▁to ▁a ▁successful ▁career ▁as ▁an ▁author . ▁ ▁Mart ia ▁wishes ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁marry ▁Julia ▁Roy ce , ▁an ▁English ▁woman ▁he ▁meets ▁in ▁Germany , ▁but ▁he ▁follows ▁his ▁heart ▁and ▁mar ries ▁Le ah ▁Gib son , ▁a ▁Jewish ▁woman , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁is ▁so ▁happy ▁that ▁Mart ia ▁acknowled ges ▁her ▁mistake . ▁Mart ia ▁is ▁inc arn ated ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁their ▁daughter , ▁and ▁when ▁the ▁child ▁dies , ▁her ▁spirit ▁returns ▁to ▁Mars , ▁and ▁Bart y ▁also ▁passes ▁away . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 8 9 8 ▁British ▁nov els