β Scribed by Davies, Robertson
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Winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, Leaven of Malice is the second novel in Robertson Davies' much-loved Salterton Trilogy. Available as an eBook for the first time.
The following announcement appeared in the Salterton Evening Bellman: "Professor and Mrs. Walter Vambrace are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Pearl Veronica, to Solomon Bridgetower, Esq., son of . . ."
Although the malice that prompted this false engagement notice was aimed at three people onlyβSolly Bridgetower, Pearl Vambrace, and Gloster Ridley, the anxiety-ridden local newspaper editorβbefore the leaven of malice had ceased to work it had changed permanently, for good or ill, the lives of many citizens of Salterton.
This is the second novel in The Salterton Trilogy (which also includes Tempest-Tost and A Mixture of Frailties).
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