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Author | Robertson Davies |
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Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy, anthology |
Published | 1982 |
Publisher | Penguin Canada |
Pages | 198 |
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.
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.
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]