A Mixture of Frailties - (Salterton Trilogy) by Robertson Davies (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The "first-rate . . . abundantly funny" conclusion to the Salterton Trilogy, following <i>Leaven of Malice</i> and <i>Tempest-Tost</i> (<i>The New York Times</i>).</b> <p/> Louisa Bridgetower, the imposing Salterton matron, has died. The substantial income from her estate is to be used to send an unmarried young woman to Europe to pursue an education in the arts. Mrs. Bridgetower's executors end up selecting Monica Gall, an almost entirely unschooled singer whose sole experience comes from performing with the Heart and Hope Gospel Quartet, a rough outfit sponsored by a small fundamentalist group. Monica soon finds herself in England, a pupil of some of Britain's most remarkable teachers and composers, and she gradually blossoms from a Canadian rube to a cosmopolitan soprano with a unique--and tragicomic--career. <p/> "Davies is equally familiar with the world of the Canadian provinces and with that of musical London, and portrays both with rich humor and sympathetic understanding."--<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <p/> "Something of a virtuoso performance, this relies more on its wit than its warmth, but the musicianship is very knowledgeable and the fingerwork light."--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was born and raised in Ontario, and was educated at a variety of schools, including Upper Canada College, Queen's University, and Balliol College, Oxford. He had three successive careers: as an actor with the Old Vic Company in England; as publisher of the Peterborough Examiner; and as university professor and first Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto, from which he retired in 1981 with the title of Master Emeritus. He was one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters, with several volumes of plays and collections of essays, speeches, and <i>belles lettres</i> to his credit. As a novelist, he gained worldwide fame for his three trilogies: <i>The Salterton Trilogy</i>, <i>The Deptford Trilogy</i>, and <i>The Cornish Trilogy</i>, and for later novels <i>Murther and Walking Spirits</i> and <i>The Cunning Man</i>. His career was marked by many honors: He was the first Canadian to be made an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was a Companion of the Order of Canada, and he received honorary degrees from twenty-six American, Canadian, and British universities.
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