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"The Rebel Angels" is a 1981 campus novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies that serves as the first installment of his Cornish Trilogy. The story unfolds at a fictional University of Toronto college, intertwining the lives of eccentric academics with elements of Renaissance scholarship and Romany...

World of Wonders is a 1975 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies and the concluding volume of the Deptford Trilogy. It centers on Magnus Eisengrim, a renowned stage magician who recounts his childhood abduction, years of exploitation in a traveling show, and eventual transformation into a celebr...

The Lyre of Orpheus is a 1988 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies and the final volume of the Cornish Trilogy. Its plot follows the Cornish Foundation as it supports the completion and staging of an unfinished opera attributed to E.T.A. Hoffmann. The undertaking brings together scholars, music...

"The Manticore" is a 1972 novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies and the second volume in his Deptford Trilogy, situated between "Fifth Business" and "World of Wonders." The narrative is uniquely structured around the Jungian psychoanalysis of its protagonist, David Staunton, in Zürich, Switzerla...

What's Bred in the Bone is a 1985 novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies, forming the second volume of his Cornish Trilogy. The narrative centers on Francis Cornish, a Canadian art collector, restorer, and suspected forger whose life is recounted by supernatural daimons who have observed his expe...

Leaven of Malice is a 1954 comedic novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies, serving as the second book in his Salterton Trilogy. The narrative centers on the fallout of a maliciously planted false engagement announcement in a local newspaper, exploring the social dynamics and academic milieu of a...

Tempest-Tost is the debut novel by Canadian author Robertson Davies, published in 1951. It serves as the first installment in the Salterton Trilogy, which explores the social dynamics of a fictionalized small Ontario city. The narrative revolves around the fractious community theater production of W...

The Cunning Man is a 1994 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies and the last novel he completed. Presented largely through the recollections of Toronto physician Jonathan Hullah, it begins with the unusual death of an Anglican priest during a Good Friday service and expands into an account of Hu...

Murther & Walking Spirits is a 1991 novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies. Its narrator, Connor Gilmartin, is murdered and then attends a film festival as a ghost, where he watches films that reveal episodes from his family's history; the novel combines ghost story, family saga, historical mater...