Robertson Davies

Introduction WHEN ROBERTSON DAVIES DIED on December 2, 1995, the sad news circled the globe, inspiring obituaries in a dozen countries. All of the writers - and readers too many to count - mourned the fact that a unique, utterly distinctive voice had been stilled. It is true that the world will...

I Mrs. Dempster My lifelong involvement with Mrs. Dempster began at 5.58 o'clock p.m. on the 27th of December, 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old. I am able to date the occasion with complete certainty because that afternoon I had been sledding with my lifelong friend and...

To my dearest twin to thank her for sharing so much of my life span with me and for providing balm for my old age. R. A.

Gerince megtört, deformált.

HOW THE HIGH SPIRITS CAME ABOUT A Chapter of Autobiography Ghost stories came into my life before I could read. How well I remember the first one; it was at a party given by my parents, and it was not yet time for me to go to bed, because I remember that the sun was sinking outside the windows,...