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World of Wonders
World of Wonders | Robertson Davies
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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 Manticore follows the story of Magnus Eisengrim the most illustrious magician of his age who is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his life s courageous and adventurous tale in this third and final volume of a spectacular, soaring work. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators."
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kwmg40
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A perfect conclusion to the Deptford Trilogy. I especially liked learning more about the history of carnival shows, vaudeville and theatre in Canada.

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Sophronisba
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“There is something in humanity that is repelled and entranced by a machine that seems to have more than human powers. People love to frighten themselves. Look at the fuss nowadays about computers; however deft they may be they can‘t do anything a man isn‘t doing, through them; but you hear people giving themselves delicious shivers about a computer-dominated world.“

You have to wonder what Davies would say about AI were he alive today.

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suvata
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#StoryGraph: fiction classics adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
324 pages | first published 1975

World of Wonders, the third book in the Deptford Trilogy, follows the story of Magnus Eisengrim the most illustrious magician of his age who is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his life‘s adventurous tale.

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LonerDude33
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This book took me a long time to finish. The language didnt sound as crisp to me as in Fifth Business or the Manticore. The frame unsettled me. Magnus' story adds much-needed elements to the Trilogy. While an uncomfortable read at times, the narrative and investment with Magnus propels me to read further. The Deptford trilogy is near perfect Id say.

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merelybookish
World of Wonders | Robertson Davies
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Thrift store finds. (I already have a few editions of Alice, but couldn't resist this pretty pink dust jacket.)

rubyslippersreads That's a lovely Alice! 😍 7y
merelybookish @rubyslippersreads I figured you would like it too! 🙂 7y
batsy That's a lovely edition of Alice. And I've been meaning to read Davies' Deptford Trilogy for what seems like forever 😳 7y
merelybookish @batsy I read most of Davies' stuff in my teens/early 20s. (Fifth Business was required reading in high school.) But I'm curious to re-read him. 7y
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GoneFishing
World of Wonders | Robertson Davies

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

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