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The Rebel Angels
- canadian fiction
- collectors and collecting
- manuscripts
- cornish
- francis (fictitious character)
- canada
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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 goodhearted priest and scholar, a professor with a passion for the darker side of medieval psychology, a defrocked monk, and a rich young businessman who inherits some troublesome paintings are all helplessly beguiled by the same coed.
The story is set in motion by the death of eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish. Hollier, McVarish, and Darcourt are the executors of Cornish's complicated will, which includes material that Hollier wants for his studies. The deceased's nephew, Arthur Cornish, stands to inherit the fortune.
Rebel Angels "is an enlarging and engaging marvel . . . one does not read this book to be surprised but rather to ponder the ideas its characters encounter in their lives and their readings. It ends like all good comedies end; it proceeds in a manner both picaresque and poignant" (AllReaders.com).
"A compelling performance."—Library Journal
Quotes by Robertson Davies
From WikiquoteOur fate lies in your hands, to you we pray For an indulgent hearing of our play; Laugh if you can, or failing that, give vent In hissing fury to your discontent; Applause we crave, from scorn we take defence But have no armour 'gainst indifference.
The Wild Hunt is known in all Celtic countries; it is a huntsman with a pack of hounds who is seen or heard to rush through the country. Those who see him are doomed to die. The writer heard the Wild Hunt quite distinctly one night in Wales several years ago, but has not suffered any ill effects from it as yet.
Aristocrats need not be rich, but they must be free, and in the modern world freedom grows rarer the more we prate about it.
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The Lyre of OrpheusRobertson DaviesThe Lyre of OrpheusRobertson Davies
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The papers of Samuel MarchbanksRobertson DaviesThe papers of Samuel MarchbanksRobertson Davies
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A voice from the atticRobertson DaviesA voice from the atticRobertson Davies
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A mixture of frailtiesRobertson DaviesA mixture of frailtiesRobertson Davies
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Fifth Business1970Fifth Business
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The Manticore1972The Manticore
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World of Wonders1975World of Wonders
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Tempest-tost1951Tempest-tost
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The Cunning Man1994The Cunning Man
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Murther & walking spirits1991Murther & walking spirits
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The Deptford Trilogy1600The Deptford Trilogy
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Leaven of malice1954Leaven of malice
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High Spirits1982High Spirits
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The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks1949The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks
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At my heart's core1950At my heart's core
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