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Description edit
Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson Davies’s acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. World of Wonders —the third book in the series after The ... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Willard: Add a description of this character.
- John Tresize
- Charlie
- Abdullah
- Lind
- Milady
- Magnus Eisengrim
- Gus
- Ramsay
- Holroyd
- Liesl
- Macgregor
- Boy Staunton
- Rango
- Spengler
- Joe
- Roly
- Kinghovn
- Hannah
- Morton W. Penfold
- Spencer
- Robert-houdin
- Audrey Sevenhowes
- Frank Moore
- Rube
- Jekyll
- Heinie
- Mr Henry
- Jerry
- Sonny
- Hyde
- Mrs Constantinescu
- Jurgen
- Jack
- Heinle
- Harry
- Master
- Stevenson
- Charlton
- Wanless
- Grover Paskin
- Paul Dempster
- Zingara
- Duparc
Setting & Locations edit
- Canada
- London
- Deptford
- England
- Ballantrae
- Sorgenfrei
- New York
- Switzerland
- Molza
- Cambridge
- Montreal
- Toronto
- France
First Sentence edit
OF COURSE he was a charming man.
Table of Contents edit
I. A Bottle in the Smoke
II. Merlin's Laugh
III. Le Lit de Justice
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robertson Davies (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( J ) › Johnston, Wayne
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Canadian › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Canadian › Short Stories
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( D ) › Davies, Robertson
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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