A Mixture of Frailties

A Mixture of Frailties

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author = Robertson Davies
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country = United States
language = English
series = The Salterton Trilogy
genre = Novel
publisher = Scribner
pub_date = 1958
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media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 379 pp
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preceded_by = Leaven of Malice
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"A Mixture of Frailties", published by Macmillan in 1958, is the third novel in "The Salterton Trilogy" by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies. The other two novels are "Tempest-Tost" (1951) and "Leaven of Malice" (1954). The series was also published in one volume as "The Salterton Trilogy" in 1986.

The trilogy revolves around the residents of the imaginary town of Salterton, Ontario.

In "A Mixture of Frailties" Monica Gall is the recipient of an unexpected gift.

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