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  • LYRE OF ORPHEUS
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    LYRE OF ORPHEUS
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    "The final Cornish Trilogy novel from an author who "tells terrific stories that twist around and double back on themselves in surprising ways" ( The New York Times).   There is an important decision to be made. The Cornish Foundation is thriving under the directorship of Arthur Cornish when Arthur and his beguiling wife, Maria Theotoky, decide to undertake a project worthy of ...

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  • MURTHER & WALKING SPIRITS
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    MURTHER & WALKING SPIRITS
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    "The elder statesman of Canadian letters continues to explore the themes of sin, guilt, and self-discovery . . . A masterful effort."— Library Journal   Connor Gilmartin's inauspicious, but much beloved, mortal life comes to an untimely end when he discovers his wife in bed with one of his more ludicrous associates, theater critic Randall Allard Going. Death becomes a bit compl...

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  • WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE
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    WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    Second in the Cornish Trilogy following The Rebel Angels. "An altogether remarkable creation, [Davies'] most accomplished novel to date."— The New York Times   Shortlisted for the Booker Prize   Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, an expert art restorer, ...

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  • SALTERTON TRILOGY OMNIBUS
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    SALTERTON TRILOGY OMNIBUS
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    Available in one volume, all three books of the award-winning Salterton Trilogy: Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice, and A Mixture of Frailties. Visit the quaint town of Salterton, Ontario, and the enigmatic lives of those who inhabit it . . . Tempest-Tost . An amateur production of  The Tempest provides a colorful backdrop for a hilarious look at unrequited love. Mathematics teach...

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  • THE CUNNING MAN
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    THE CUNNING MAN
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    "An amazing coup . . . a brilliant, never less than engaging work of fiction which is also a philosophical meditation on the business of living."— Financial Times   When Father Hobbes mysteriously dies at the high alter on Good Friday, Dr. Jonathan Hullah—whose holistic work has earned him the label "Cunning Man" (for the wizard of folk tradition)—wants to know why. The physici...

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  • TEMPEST TOST
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    TEMPEST TOST
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    "With a sure comic touch, Davies assembles his cast of characters and lets them make fools of themselves . . . in the best Shakespearean tradition."— The Emerald City Book Review   Weaving a tapestry of wonderfully developed characters, smoldering rivalries, and witty satire, Robertson Davies introduces the first book in  the Salterton Trilogy. An amateur production of  The Tem...

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  • THE MERRY HEART
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    THE MERRY HEART
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    "A splendid gallimaufry of the eminent Canadian's talks and essays, mostly about literature and the creative life . . . a thought-filled and amusing book."— The Washington Post   For devotees of Davies and all lovers of literature and language, here is the "urbanity, wit, and high seriousness mixed by a master chef," vintage delights from an exquisite literary menu ( Cleveland ...

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  • ONE HALF OF ROBERTSON DAVIES
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    ONE HALF OF ROBERTSON DAVIES
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    A collection of speeches on literature, academia, and more by the " extremely entertaining novelist and public speaker" ( The Washington Post).   These public addresses by the acclaimed Canadian man of letters and New York Times-bestselling author Robertson Davies provides portraits of literary personalities, advice on writers and writing, and comments on academia and the moder...

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  • HAPPY ALCHEMY
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    HAPPY ALCHEMY
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    The acclaimed playwright, novelist, and author of  Fifth Business explores the performing arts in this witty and insightful essay collection. Though best known for his award-winning fiction, Robertson Davies enjoyed a long and varied career as an actor, playwright, journalist and critic.  Happy Alchemy collects an equally diverse range of Davies' writings—including speeches, ar...

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  • THE REBEL ANGELS
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    THE REBEL ANGELS
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    The first book in the acclaimed Cornish Trilogy. "[A] darkly funny scuttle through academe's more covert passageway . . . saucy stuff indeed."— Kirkus Reviews   Davies weaves together the destinies of this remarkable cast of characters, creating a wise and witty portrait of love, murder, and scholarship at a modern university in this first book of  The Cornish Trilogy. A goodhe...

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  • HIGH SPIRITS
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    HIGH SPIRITS
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    A collection of haunting—and hilarious—ghost stories by the beloved Booker Prize finalist and New York Times-bestselling author. Robertson Davies first hit upon the notion of writing ghost stories when he joined the University of Toronto as the first Master of Massey College. Wishing to provide entertainment at the College's Gaudy Night, the annual Christmas party, Professor Da...

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  • THE PAPERS OF SAMUEL MARCHBANKS
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    THE PAPERS OF SAMUEL MARCHBANKS
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    "Davies introduces us to his alter ego . . . A humorous and insightful picture of postwar Canadian life as seen through the eyes of a delightful eccentric."— Library Journal   As editor and later publisher of the  Peterborough Examiner, Robertson Davies published witty, curmudgeonly, mischievous, and fiercely individualistic columns under the name of his alter ego, Samuel March...

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  • CORNISH TRILOGY OMNIBUS
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    CORNISH TRILOGY OMNIBUS
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    Available in one volume, all three books of the darkly witty Cornish Trilogy: The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, and The Lyre of Orpheus.   The fate of the Cornish family unfolds in this trio of novels by acclaimed Canadian writer Robertson Davies . . .   The Rebel Angels . Set in motion by the death of eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish, a goodhearted p...

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  • A MIXTURE OF FRAILTIES
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    A MIXTURE OF FRAILTIES
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    The "first-rate . . . abundantly funny" conclusion to the Salterton Trilogy, following Leaven of Malice and Tempest-Tost ( The New York Times).   Louisa Bridgetower, the imposing Salterton matron, has died. The substantial income from her estate is to be used to send an unmarried young woman to Europe to pursue an education in the arts. Mrs. Bridgetower's executors end up selec...

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  • A VOICE FROM THE ATTIC
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    A VOICE FROM THE ATTIC
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    A collection of essays "filled with pleasantly rambling opinions about everything from self-help books to erotica" from the celebrated Canadian author ( The Chronicle Journal).   An urbane, robust, and wonderfully opinionated voice from Canada, sometimes called "America's attic," speaks here of the delights of reading, and of what mass education has done to readers today, to ta...

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  • LEAVEN OF MALICE
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    LEAVEN OF MALICE
    ROBERTSON DAVIES
    The Salterton Trilogy continues with a novel "full of zest, wit and urbanity" from the celebrated Canadian author of Tempest-Tost and the Cornish novels ( The New York Times).   Returning to the town he first visited in  Tempest-Tost, Davies continues to explore the lives of its inhabitants in this winner of the Leacock Medal, awarded for the best in Canadian literary humor. Th...

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  • LA LIRA DE ORFEO
    LA LIRA DE ORFEO
    DAVIES ROBERTSON
    La fundación constituida con el legado del mecenas Francis Cornish ha decidido acometer uno de sus primeros proyectos: la representación de Arturo de Britania, una ópera inconclusa de E.T.A. Hoffmann. La encargada de realizar la tarea será Hulda Schnakenburg, una brillante y peculiar estudiante de doctorado, que contará con la ayuda de Simon Darcourt en la redacción del libreto...
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    $490.00

  • EL QUINTO EN DISCORDIA
    EL QUINTO EN DISCORDIA
    DAVIES ROBERTSON
    Alrededor de la misteriosa muerte del magnate canadiense Boy Staunton se teje la trama de esta novela. La narración corre a cargo de Dunstan Ramsay, amigo desde la infancia de Staunton, quien al intentar aclarar las circunstancias de su muerte no tendrá más remedio que enfrentarse al relato de su propia vida. Desde el principio de la historia, Ramsay ejerce una influencia místi...
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    $470.00

  • UN HOMBRE ASTUTO
    UN HOMBRE ASTUTO
    DAVIES ROBERTSON
    Cuando el padre Hobbes muere misteriosamente en Toronto durante la celebración del Viernes Santo, el doctor Jonathan Hullah, cuyos heterodoxosmétodos clínicos le han valido el apodo de «el Hombre Astuto», decide averiguar el porqué. Azuzado por una joven periodista que investigala figura del padre Hobbes, Hullah, el protagonista de esta memorable historia, vuelve la vista atrás...
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    $595.00