High Spirits (short story collection)

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High Spirits
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Author Robertson Davies
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, anthology
Published1982
Publisher Penguin Canada
Pages198
ISBN 9780140065053
OCLC 806312433

High Spirits is a collection of short stories by Canadian novelist, playwright, and journalist Robertson Davies, first published by Penguin Canada in 1982.

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Davies was Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario from 1963 until 1981. Shortly after founding the College, he began to tell a ghost story at the College's annual Christmas party — its Gaudy Night — as an entertainment. The ghost story became a tradition, and for eighteen years Davies wrote a new story to read aloud at the Gaudy Night celebration.

After Davies' retirement from Massey College, the eighteen stories were collected and published as High Spirits.

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Reception

Dave Langford reviewed High Spirits for White Dwarf #52, and stated that "It's the best collection since M. R. James in this narrow genre of donnish, tongue-in-cheek ghost stories." [1]

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References

  1. Langford, Dave (April 1984). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf . No. 52. Games Workshop. p. 18.
  2. "Title: High Spirits".