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William Robertson Davies CC OOnt FRSL FRSC (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) 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 gladly accepted for himself. [1]
Robertson Davies was a novelist and playwright whose works offer penetrating observations on Canadian provincialism and prudery. Educated in England at the University of Oxford, Davies had training in acting, directing, and stage management as a member of the Old Vic Repertory Company.
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- Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1) Robertson Davies.
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- The Manticore (The Deptford Trilogy, #2) Robertson Davies, Kelly Link (Foreword), Michael Dirda (Introduction)
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- December 2, 1995
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- Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1)
- The Deptford Trilogy.
- What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2)
- The Manticore (The Deptford Trilogy, #2) by Robertson Davies, Kelly Link (Foreword), Michael Dirda (Introduction)
Jan 1, 2001 · Robertson Davies. 4.05. 19,419 ratings1,391 reviews. Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who has returned from the hell of the battle-grave at Passchendaele in World War I decorated with the Victoria Cross and destined to be caught in a no man's land where memory, history, and myth collide.
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Oct 1, 1990 · 4.6 249 ratings. Collects books from: Deptford Trilogy. See all formats and editions. The complete volume of Robertson Davies's acclaimed trilogy, featuring Fifth Business, The Manticore, and World of Wonders, with a new foreword by Kelly Link. Fifth Business.
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Jun 8, 2018 · Robertson Davies (also known as Samuel Marchbanks and William Robertson Davies) is admired for writing novels that skillfully combine accessibility and literary merit with an intriguing dash of the obscure, including such subjects as alchemy, saints' legends, Gypsy wisdom, tarot cards, shamanistic rituals, Anglo-Catholicism, and Jungian psychology.
