The Salterton Trilogy by Robertson Davies - ISBN: 9780241952634
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Small town secrets, simmering passions, and dreams taking flight.

The Salterton Trilogy

Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice, A Mixture of Frailties

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  • Paperback

    816 pages

  • Release Date

    13 September 2011

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Summary

Reissue of this classic trilogy comprising Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice and A Mixture of Frailties.

In the small university town of Salterton, Ontario, dreams are quietly taking shape, or falling apart. There’s the Salterton Little Theatre Company, in which professional director Valentine Rich is tormented by the amateurish efforts of his actors. The families Vambrace and Bridgetower almost go to war over a fake notice of engagement in the local paper. And…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241952634
ISBN-10:0241952638
Author:Robertson Davies
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:816
Release Date:13 September 2011
Weight:540g
Dimensions:199mm x 133mm x 38mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The kind of writer who makes you want to nag your friends until they read him so that they share the pleasure

The kind of writer who makes you want to nag your friends until they read him so that they share the pleasure * Observer *
Davies’ books will be recognized with the very best works of the twentieth century * New York Times Book Review *
Impudent, amused, and amusing, and sterling entertainment * New York Times *
One of the great modern novelists – Malcolm Bradbury
Ingenuous, erudite and entertaining. Davies displays all the qualities of a latter-day Trollope – Anthony Burgess * Observer *

About The Author

Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario, in 1913. A novelist, playwright, literary critic and essayist, he received numerous awards for his work. It is as a writer of fiction that Robertson Davies achieved international recognition, with such books as The Salterton Trilogy (Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice and A Mixture of Frailties); The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore and World of Wonders); The Cornish Trilogy (The Rebel Angels, What’s Bred in the Bone, shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize, and The Lyre of Orpheus); Murther & Walking Spirits, and The Cunning Man. Robertson Davies died in 1995.

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