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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 · 38,689 ratings · 3,077 reviews · 655 distinct works • Similar authors

	Captain Blood 4.18 avg rating — 17,507 ratings — published 1922 — 993 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 — 9,142 ratings — published 1921 — 892 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 — 3,754 ratings — published 1915 — 646 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 4.24 avg rating — 1,285 ratings — published 1931 — 192 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 4.20 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 1936 — 3 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 — 823 ratings — published 1931 — 44 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 3.76 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 1912 — 247 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 4.25 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1926 — 96 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 3.48 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1904 — 228 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 — 303 ratings — published 1910 — 284 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 — 19,735 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

January 2017 New School Classic Poll

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - 258 pgs, 1989

47 votes, 19.3%

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk - 218 pgs, 1996

38 votes, 15.6%

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 242 pgs, 1902

34 votes, 13.9%

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - 412 pgs, 1905

25 votes, 10.2%

Ross Poldark by Winston Graham - 400 pgs, 1945

17 votes, 7.0%

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 236 pgs, 1922

15 votes, 6.1%

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 184 pgs, 1946

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%

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati, 198 pgs, 1940

8 votes, 3.3%

The Reivers: A Reminiscence by William Faulkner - 320 pgs, 1962

7 votes, 2.9%

The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau, 320 pgs, 1964

6 votes, 2.5%

The Vagabond by Colette - 252 pgs, 1910

6 votes, 2.5%

Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout, 285 pgs, 1934

4 votes, 1.6%

244 total votes

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