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High Spirits
High Spirits | Robertson Davies
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The fruits of an eighteen-year tradition of Massey Colleges annual Gaudy Nights, Robertson Davies High Spirits still delights and amuses to this day. Published as an eBook for the first time. In the Introduction to this collection of charming stories, Robertson Davies notes we all need ghosts as a dietary supplement . . . to stave off that most dreadful of modern ailments, the Rational Rickets. In one tale, Mr. Davies introduces the ghost of Henrik Ibsen; in another, he brings us face to face with a bust of Charles Dickens, whose scarlet lips . . . parted in a terrible smile and whose beard stirred in a hiccup of repletion. Sixteen other apparitions manifest themselves, each rendered with Robertson Davies special toucha bit of parody, a touch of true scarinessand all emanating from high spirits.
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StellaDz
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1) Greatest title of a ghost story.
2) Best line of this tongue-in-cheek collection of ghost stories. 😂 Don‘t be jealous of my ghosties. 👻👻

#currentlyreading #canadian

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StellaDz
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Short stories and essays may be more my thing right now. The left I borrowed from a friend because I want to read more Indigenous authors, and the right... well because it‘s basically Halloween right?? 👻👻🎃🎃

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Aimeesue
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Well, if I were going to join a fraternity, that'd definitely be the one! 😂😂😂

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Aimeesue
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Oh, those scads of faceless people!

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Aimeesue
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Quite the cover, no?

vivastory Slightly bonkers 5y
Ruthiella I just read The Fifth Business by Davies and really liked it! I definitely want to read more.😀 5y
Reggie Yowzas! 5y
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LeahBergen This is one I‘ve always wanted to read. 👍🏻 5y
Aimeesue @Ruthiella Fifth Business was brilliant, in the way things snowballed. Ha! I really enjoyed that one. 5y
Aimeesue @vivastory @Reggie Right? That's some party! 5y
Aimeesue @LeahBergen After reading the intro, I can tell you that these are stories he performed at the college's Gaudy Night celebrations. Very much in the "scary ghost stories/of Christmases long, long ago" vein. 5y
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rabbitprincess
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Went to a used bookstore with a friend and had to pick up this book for the creepy cover. We were calling it Demon Robertson Davies ? But scarily enough, on two occasions a pile of books fell over ON ITS OWN nearest to whoever was holding the book ? Me: "Is this book haunted? Is that why this copy was priced at $4.99 and the other was $6.99?"

monalyisha LOVE. 5y
merelybookish The red eyes! 🤪 5y
LeahBergen 😆😆 5y
batsy 😬💀😅 5y
rabbitprincess @monalyisha I know eh? So awesome! @merelybookish My BF asked if the "high" was meant to refer to a substance recently legalized in Canada ? @LeahBergen Was going to tag you in this -- thought you might find it funny! ? @batsy It's almost a freezer book for me... ? 5y
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Seshat
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From "The Charlottetown Banquet" story in this collection. #eatme #drinkme #novemberland @TizJ3ss

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Seshat
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Pickpick

This is a wonderful collection of ghost stories that are funny as well as spooky. #frightfest #spookyreads #halloween

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Seshat
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"I can boast, as I hope all my successors will be able to boast, that I have never, knowingly, eaten a guest of this college."

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