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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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- What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2) Robertson Davies.
- 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)
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Principal characters. References. Fifth Business (1970) is a novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies. First published by Macmillan of Canada in 1970, it is the first installment of Davies' best-known work, the Deptford Trilogy, [1] and explores the life of the narrator, Dunstan Ramsay.
Apr 2, 2008 · A Companion of the Order of Canada, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award, and founding master of Massey College at the University of Toronto, Robertson Davies is widely acknowledged as one of Canada’s most brilliant and influential essayists and novelists.
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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