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Rafael Sabatini


Born
in Jesi, Italy
April 29, 1875

Died
February 13, 1950

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Genre
Literature & Fiction


Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure. At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages. By the time he was seventeen, he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language - English - to his linguistic collection. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini went to work as a writer. He wrote short stories in the 1890s, and his first novel came out in 1902. Sabatini was a prolific writer; he produced a new book approximately every year. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, "all the best stories are written in English. " In all, he produced thirty one novels, eight short story collections, six nonfiction books, numerous u ...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 37,065 ratings · 2,872 reviews · 865 distinct works • Similar authors
Captain Blood
4.18 avg rating — 16,783 ratings — published 1922 — 928 editions
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Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 8,805 ratings — published 1921 — 8 editions
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The Sea-Hawk
4.07 avg rating — 3,664 ratings — published 1915 — 550 editions
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Captain Blood Returns
4.23 avg rating — 1,207 ratings — published 1931 — 321 editions
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The Fortunes of Captain Blood
4.19 avg rating — 822 ratings — published 1936 — 72 editions
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The Black Swan
4.12 avg rating — 764 ratings — published 1931 — 12 editions
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The Life of Cesare Borgia
3.74 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 1912 — 181 editions
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Bellarion
4.24 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1926 — 72 editions
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The Tavern Knight
3.49 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1904 — 205 editions
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Mistress Wilding
3.70 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1910 — 246 editions
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Series by Rafael Sabatini

Captain Blood Captain Blood Returns The Fortunes of Captain Blood Приключения капитана Блада
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Scaramouche Scaramouche The King Maker
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Quotes by Rafael Sabatini  (?)
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“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche
tags: epitaph, first-sentence, great-first-lines, laughter, literary, merriment, opening-lines
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“...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche
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“But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9,”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche
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Polls

January 2017 New School Classic Poll

 
  47 votes, 19.1%

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk - 218 pgs, 1996
 
  38 votes, 15.4%

 
  34 votes, 13.8%

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - 412 pgs, 1905
 
  26 votes, 10.6%

Ross Poldark by Winston Graham - 400 pgs, 1945
 
  17 votes, 6.9%

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 236 pgs, 1922
 
  15 votes, 6.1%

 
  15 votes, 6.1%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 367 pgs, 1984
 
  12 votes, 4.9%

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson - 240 pgs, 1919
 
  10 votes, 4.1%

 
  8 votes, 3.3%

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati, 198 pgs, 1940
 
  8 votes, 3.3%

 
  6 votes, 2.4%

The Vagabond by Colette - 252 pgs, 1910
 
  6 votes, 2.4%

Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout, 285 pgs, 1934
 
  4 votes, 1.6%

246 total votes
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