![]() ![]() Only Ramsay knows of Staunton’s crime and he tells no-one but conceals it from everyone till the end of the novel. Dempster to become somewhat mentally unbalanced. Mary Dempster, wife of the local minister, causing her to go into premature labor and give birth to Paul, (later to become the magician Magnus Eisengrim) and, at the same time, causing Mrs. Ramsay ducks the snowball, which hits Mrs. ![]() The book starts with the young Staunton throwing a snowball, containing a stone, at Ramsay. The fifth business, in drama or opera, is “those roles which, being neither those of hero or heroine, confidante nor villain, but which were nonetheless essential to bring about the recognition or the dénouement.” The fifth business is Dunstan (né Dunstable) Ramsay, the narrator of this novel and the best friend of Boy(d) Staunton. In this trilogy, Davies moves away from the realistic, Trollopean approach of The Salterton trilogy and moves into the area of myth, psychology and personal responsibility, as he tracks the life and death of Boy (né Boyd) Staunton and the various people linked to him. ![]() This is the second of Robertson Davies’ trilogies and the one that seems to attract most interest but most controversy. Home » Canada » Robertson Davies » The Deptford Trilogy Robertson Davies: The Deptford Trilogy ![]()
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