Robertson Davies
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born
August 28, 1913
died
December 02, 1995
gender
male
place of birth
Thamesville, Ontario, Canada
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genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December 2, 1995 at Orangeville, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is sometimes said to have detested. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate college at the University of Toronto.
Novels:
The Salterton Trilogy
• Tempest-tost (1951)
• Leaven of Malice (1954)
• A Mixture of Frailties (1958)
The Deptford Trilogy
• Fifth Business (1970)
• The Manticore (1972)
• World of Wonders (...more
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Fifth Business by Robertson Davies avg rating 4.14 — 1,124 ratings — published 1970 19 editions |
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The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies avg rating 4.38 — 789 ratings — published 1985 7 editions |
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The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies avg rating 4.05 — 521 ratings — published 1981 14 editions |
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What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies avg rating 4.24 — 483 ratings — published 1985 14 editions |
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The Manticore by Robertson Davies avg rating 3.92 — 508 ratings — published 1972 13 editions |
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World of Wonders by Robertson Davies avg rating 4.10 — 406 ratings — published 1975 17 editions |
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The Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies avg rating 4.39 — 346 ratings — published 1988 3 editions |
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The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies avg rating 3.97 — 311 ratings — published 1988 12 editions |
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The Salterton Trilogy by Robertson Davies avg rating 4.19 — 288 ratings — published 1986 4 editions |
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The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies avg rating 3.87 — 301 ratings — published 1994 11 editions |
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"A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight."
— Robertson Davies
— Robertson Davies
"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons."
— Robertson Davies
— Robertson Davies
"I wish people weren't so set on being themselves, when that means being a bastard."
— Robertson Davies (The Rebel Angels)
— Robertson Davies (The Rebel Angels)
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The not-finished trilogy of Murther and Walking Spirits and The Cunning Man
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