The Deptford Trilogy (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Robertson Davies
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1908-1975
- Setting: Deptford (a fictive town in rural Canada), Toronto, the battlefields of World War I, London, Zurich, and Sorgenfrei (an opulent fictive house near St. Gall, Switzerland)
- Principal Characters: Dunstable (Dunstan) Ramsay, Dunny, Percy Boyd (Boy) Staunton, Paul Dempster, Cass Fletcher, Jules Le Grand, Mungo Fetch, Magnus Eisengrim, David Staunton, Liselotte Naegeli, Liesl Vitzliputzli
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Teaching or teachers, 1960’s, 1970’s, Self-discovery, Magic or magicians, Psychology or psychologists, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Lawyers, Canada or Canadians, World War I, Business or business people, Heroes or heroism, Work or workers, Devils or demons, Switzerland or Swiss people, Commerce, Food supply, Sugar
- Locales: France, Mexico, Ontario, Canada, Zurich, Switzerland
The Novels
The constituents of The Deptford Trilogy are carefully linked; indeed, they depend on one another for character and plot development. Nevertheless, one can read them in any order or read only one of the novels as a discrete study of its own protagonist. Robertson Davies is fascinated by the unforeseen consequences of thoughtless cruelty, by the frustrations of unfulfilled lives, and by the ghosts and demons which haunt every human being. He explores all three areas in each of the Deptford novels, though he does so in different ways and from the different...
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