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βI wish people weren't so set on being themselves when that means being a bastard.β
- Robertson Davies
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Our experiences and knowledge shape our perception of reality. In order to experience more and grow and understand we must be open minded and willing to learn. #Philosophy #Humanism #RobertsonDavies #HumanismChurch
We have a 1949 #FirstEdition of #RobertsonDavies ' #TableTalkofSamuelMarchbanks:
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My review of 'The Lyre of Orpheus' by #RobertsonDavies (1988), the final part of The Cornish Trilogy.
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A reposted review of 'The Rebel Angels' (1981) by #RobertsonDavies, the first instalment of his Cornish Trilogy. #Booksky wp.me/s2oNj1-rebel
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it was as though she was an exile from a world that saw things her way
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"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons."
β #RobertsonDavies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright, was #BOTD 28 August 1913. #Theatre #Literature
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Great title and #dustjacket #art on this #scarce 1973 #history of the #DominionDramaFestival. #RobertsonDavies wrote the Foreword. $40. #Booksky #CanadianTheatre #drama #plays #SocialHistory #actors #theatre
Haley Bennett as Widow Cliquot
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Book cover. The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies (Cornish Trilogy #3 / 1988) Picture of woman and griffon with musical notes in the sky
Photo. Robertson Davies, born Thamesville, ON, 1913, died Orangeville, ON 1995, journalist, poet, author, playwright.
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I read his Cornish Trilogy many moons ago. As I have an abiding interest in #mythology and #depthpsychology, I'd like to read Davies' Deptford Trilogy in the near future.
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"Yet was I really such an unreflecting, uncomprehending jackass when I was alive that I supposed the sufferings and inadequacies of humanity came for the first time in my own experience? No, not wholly. But I never applied what I knew as general truths to
Book jacket βThe Lyre of Orpheusβ by Robertson Davies.
Revisiting a CanLit classic. #booksky #nowreading #CanLit #RobertsonDavies
Another author I plan to reread this fall is Robertson Davies. Anyone remember him? I loved his Deptford Trilogy and was totally in love with his novel The Rebel Angels. I learned so much from reading his works. A brilliant raconteur and truly gifted writer. #RobertsonDavies #Canadianauthor
Iβm barely a few pages into the intro (by Gail Godwin) and my heart is racing. Good good good book. Thanks for the recommendation, Dig. β¦@digreeder1β© #ohcanada #GreatReads #RobertsonDavies