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Rafael Sabatini

Born

in Jesi, Italy

April 29, 1875

Died

February 13, 1950

Website

http://www.rafaelsabatini.com/

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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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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Rafael Sabatini’s books

Average rating: 4.11 · 39,691 ratings · 3,210 reviews · 757 distinct works • Similar authors

	Captain Blood 4.18 avg rating — 17,929 ratings — published 1922 — 989 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1) by Rafael Sabatini, Gary Hoppenstand (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 9,374 ratings — published 1921 — 902 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sea-Hawk 4.08 avg rating — 3,807 ratings — published 1915 — 642 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Blood Returns 4.23 avg rating — 1,324 ratings — published 1931 — 322 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fortunes of Captain Blood 4.19 avg rating — 903 ratings — published 1936 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Swan 4.13 avg rating — 846 ratings — published 1931 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Cesare Borgia 3.77 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 1912 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bellarion 4.24 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1926 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tavern Knight 3.49 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1904 — 234 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistress Wilding 3.75 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1910 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Captain Blood (5 books)
by

Rafael Sabatini,

Рафаэль Сабатини,

Анатолий Горский (Translator),

Татьяна Озёрская (Translator),

Владимир Тирдатов (Translator)

4.19 avg rating — 20,232 ratings

Quotes by Rafael Sabatini (?)

“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

April 2023 New School Classic Group Read Poll

Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov, 1925, 123 pages

44 votes, 21.9%

White Noise by Don DeLillo, 310 pages, 1985

43 votes, 21.4%

Stamboul Train or Orient Express by Graham Greene, 216 pages, 1932

28 votes, 13.9%

Holes by Louis Sachar, 1998, 233 pages

23 votes, 11.4%

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, 1921, 346 pages

18 votes, 9.0%

Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1939, 229 pages

18 votes, 9.0%

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, 1948, 316 pages

17 votes, 8.5%

Warlock by Oakley Hall, 1958, 471 pages

10 votes, 5.0%

201 total votes

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