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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

Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.11 · 39,702 ratings · 3,213 reviews · 756 distinct works • Similar authors
Captain Blood
4.18 avg rating — 17,936 ratings — published 1922 — 989 editions
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Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 9,377 ratings — published 1921 — 902 editions
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The Sea-Hawk
4.08 avg rating — 3,807 ratings — published 1915 — 641 editions
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Captain Blood Returns
4.23 avg rating — 1,324 ratings — published 1931 — 322 editions
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The Fortunes of Captain Blood
4.19 avg rating — 903 ratings — published 1936 — 79 editions
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The Black Swan
4.13 avg rating — 846 ratings — published 1931 — 45 editions
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The Life of Cesare Borgia
3.77 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 1912 — 3 editions
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Bellarion
4.24 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1926 — 98 editions
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The Tavern Knight
3.49 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1904 — 234 editions
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Mistress Wilding
3.75 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1910 — 115 editions
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Series by Rafael Sabatini

Captain Blood Captain Blood Returns The Fortunes of Captain Blood Одіссея капітана Блада. Хро... Приключения капитана Блада
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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

February 2017 New School Classic Poll

 
  48 votes, 19.1%

Beloved by Toni Morrison, 324 pgs, 1987
 
  46 votes, 18.3%

 
  30 votes, 12.0%

I, Claudius by Robert Graves, 468 pgs, 1934
 
  22 votes, 8.8%

 
  20 votes, 8.0%

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 231 pgs, 1939
 
  16 votes, 6.4%

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, 355 pgs, 1961
 
  15 votes, 6.0%

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, 216 pgs, 1940
 
  11 votes, 4.4%

 
  11 votes, 4.4%

 
  8 votes, 3.2%

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 236 pgs, 1922
 
  7 votes, 2.8%

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges, 174 pgs, 1944
 
  7 votes, 2.8%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 367 pgs, 1984
 
  7 votes, 2.8%

Centennial by James A. Michener, 1056 pgs, 1974
 
  3 votes, 1.2%

251 total votes
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