The Merry Heart

The Merry Heart, published in 1996, is a collection of writings by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies. It consists of reminiscences, speeches, book reviews, parodies and essays written over a period from 1980 to 1995, the year of Davies' death. Davies had planned the volume before his death.

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1996 - Canadian - Novelist - Robertson Davies - Speech - Book review - Essay - 1980 - 1995

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The Merry Heart touches on themes that were near to Davies' heart, and that ran through his work: reading, literature, magic, Canada and Canadian literature, and ghost stories.

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Reading - Literature - Magic - Canada - Canadian literature - Ghost stories

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The book opens with a quotation from the Book of Proverbs: "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones." (Proverbs 17:22).

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The Merry Heart was followed in 1997 by a companion volume, Happy Alchemy.

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1997 - Happy Alchemy

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