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Rafael Sabatini

Born

in Jesi, Italy

April 29, 1875

Died

February 13, 1950

Website

http://www.rafaelsabatini.com/

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages. By the time he was seventeen, he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language - English - to his linguistic collection. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, "all the best stories are written in English. " In all, he produced thirty one novels, eight short story collections, six nonfiction books, numerous u ...more

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Rafael Sabatini’s books

Average rating: 4.11 · 38,980 ratings · 3,099 reviews · 692 distinct works • Similar authors

	Captain Blood 4.18 avg rating — 17,620 ratings — published 1922 — 994 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1) by Rafael Sabatini, Gary Hoppenstand (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 9,212 ratings — published 1921	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sea-Hawk 4.08 avg rating — 3,769 ratings — published 1915 — 645 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Blood Returns 4.24 avg rating — 1,294 ratings — published 1931 — 322 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fortunes of Captain Blood 4.20 avg rating — 881 ratings — published 1936 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Swan 4.14 avg rating — 833 ratings — published 1931	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Cesare Borgia 3.77 avg rating — 542 ratings — published 1912 — 189 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bellarion 4.25 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1926 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tavern Knight 3.49 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1904 — 231 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistress Wilding 3.74 avg rating — 305 ratings — published 1910 — 284 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Captain Blood (5 books)
by

Rafael Sabatini,

Рафаэль Сабатини,

Анатолий Горский (Translator),

Татьяна Озёрская (Translator),

Владимир Тирдатов (Translator)

4.19 avg rating — 19,863 ratings

Quotes by Rafael Sabatini (?)

“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

tags: epitaph, first-sentence, great-first-lines, laughter, literary, merriment, opening-lines

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“...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

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“But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9,”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

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Polls

March 2019 New School Poll

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, 288 pages, 1989

116 votes, 37.3%

Blindness by José Saramago, 349 pages, 1995

73 votes, 23.5%

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, 359 pages, 1921

37 votes, 11.9%

Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, 384 pages, 1947

32 votes, 10.3%

The Keepers of the House byShirley Ann Grau, 320 pages, 1965

31 votes, 10.0%

West with the Night by Beryl Markham, 294 pages, 1942

22 votes, 7.1%

311 total votes

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