''For Your Eye Alone'', published by
McClelland and Stewart
McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company. It is owned by Random House of Canada, Penguin Random House of Canada, a branch of Penguin Random House, the international book publishing division of German media giant Bertelsmann.
...
in
2000
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, is a collection of letters by Canadian novelist
Robertson Davies
William Robertson Davies (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished " men of letters" ...
.
Editor Judith Skelton Grant provides a selection of letters written by Davies from the period starting in
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
until
1995
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, the year of Davies' death. The letters touch on various subjects in Davies' life, including the publication of ''
The Cornish Trilogy
''The Cornish Trilogy'' is three related novels by Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies.
The trilogy consists of '' The Rebel Angels'' (1981), ''What's Bred in the Bone'' (1985), and '' The Lyre of Or ...
'' (
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
–
1988
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), ''
Murther and Walking Spirits
''Murther and Walking Spirits'', first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1991 in literature, 1991, is a novel by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies.
''Murther and Walking Spirits'' is, in a way, another ghost story, a genre Davies visited i ...
'' (
1991
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), ''
The Cunning Man
''The Cunning Man'', published by McClelland and Stewart in 1994, is the last novel written by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies.
''The Cunning Man'' is the memoir of the life of a doctor, Dr. Jonathan Hullah, living in Toronto. Hullah is a ho ...
'' (
1994
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), and Davies' next novel, which was never completed.
''For Your Eye Alone'' is the first collection of Davies' letters; ''
Discoveries'' was published by McClelland and Stewart in
2002
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.
Books by Robertson Davies
2000 non-fiction books
Books by Judith Skelton Grant
McClelland & Stewart books
Collections of letters
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