Leaven of Malice, Robertson Davies
Leaven of Malice, Robertson Davies
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Leaven of Malice
The Salterton Trilogy, Book 2

Author: Robertson Davies

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2009

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

The following announcement appeared in the Salterton Evening Bellman: Professor and Mrs. Walter Vambrace are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Pearl Veronica, to Solomon Bridgetower, Esq., son of Although the malice that prompted the insertion of this false engagement notice was aimed at three people onlySolly Bridgetower, a junior instructor in English at Waverly University; Pearl Vambrace, the subdued daughter of a domineering professor; and Gloster Ridley, the anxietyridden editor of the Evening Bellmanthe leaven of malice will change permanently, for good or ill, the lives of many of the citizens of Salterton. Robertson Davies jumps at the opportunity this situation provides to create memorable characters and lasting impressions.

About Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies (1913–1995) was an internationally acclaimed author, actor, publisher, and, finally, professor at the University of Toronto. The author of twelve novels and several volumes of essays and plays, he was the first Canadian to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by W.D.

Leaven of Malice, the second installment of Davies' first ("the Salterton trilogy") of four series of interlinked novels, is a comedy of errors that is trying to do a couple of things to set it apart from the rest of the polite, faux-Edwardian crowd. First, it is attempting to present mid-20C Canadi......more

Goodreads review by Katerina

Наверное, неправа я все-таки, поставив 4, потому что в определённой степени это ещё один идеальный театральный роман Робертсона Дэвиса, где интрига и сюжет выстроены ровно по законам комической оперы, где есть и фарс, и танцы, и фокусы с переодеванием, и обязательная любовная мелодрама, и оскорбленн......more

Goodreads review by Lise

Highly enjoyable! A friend's review says it's a great book about nothing at all, and that's pretty accurate. How does Davies pull it off? This might be even better than Tempest-Tost, the first book in the trilogy. It is more contained and tight, at least, like some kind of fancy decorative knot that......more

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