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World of Wonders is the third novel in Robertson Davies's Deptford Trilogy. First published by Macmillan of Canada in 1975 , this novel focuses on the life-story of the fictional conjuror Magnus Eisengrim.
Dunstan Ramsay is the narrator of both Fifth Business and World of Wonders (he is not the protagonist in the last novel). He also appears as a major character in The Manticore and as a supporting character in several other novels by Davies. Ramsay is a gentle schoolmaster with surprising depths and is probably a stand-in for Davies himself.
Wonders of the Invisible World (1693) The Wonders of the Invisible World was a book written by Cotton Mather and published in 1693. It was subtitled, Observations As well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils. The book defended Mather's role in the witchhunt conducted in Salem, Massachusetts.
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague is a 2001 international bestselling historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks. [1] It was chosen as both a New York Times [ 2 ] and Washington Post [ 3 ] Notable Book.
World of wonder(s) may refer to: World of Wonder (company), an independent television and film production company; World of Wonder, a UK children's magazine; World of Wonders, the third novel in Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy; World of Wonder (anthology), a 1951 anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories edited by Fletcher Pratt
Robert Calef (baptized 2 November 1648 – 13 April 1719) [1] was a cloth merchant in colonial Boston.He was the author of More Wonders of the Invisible World, a book composed throughout the mid-1690s denouncing the recent Salem witch trials of 1692–1693 and particularly examining the influential role played by Cotton Mather.
Wonders of the Invisible World is a collection of fantasy short stories by Patricia A. McKillip. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by Tachyon Publications in October 2012. [1] The title of both the collection and the first story in it derive from the 1693 book of the same title by Cotton Mather.
Wonders of a Godless World is a 2009 novel by Andrew McGahan. Described as "a kind of modern fable" that "verges on fantasy", it won the 2009 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel . It follows the story of an orphan girl who is working in the wards of the insane and incapable, but the inhabitants are thrown into turmoil after a series ...