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The Lyre of Orpheus (1989) ~ Robertson Davies ~ 1st American Edition ~ Hardcover
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Subject
- Literature, Modern
- Vintage
- Yes
- Personalize
- No
- Era
- 1980s
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- SKU
- 0012:Davies
- ISBN
- 9780670824168
- Publication Year
- 1989
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Lyre of Orpheus
- Book Series
- Cornish Trilogy Ser.
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General, Literary
- Item Weight
- 32.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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Hailed as a literary masterpiece, Robertson Davies' The Cornish Trilogy comes to a brilliant conclusion in the bestselling Lyre of Orpheus . There is an important decision to be made. The Cornish Foundation is thriving under the directorship of Arthur Cornish when Arthur and his beguiling wife, Maria Theotoky, decide to undertake a project worthy of Francis Cornish -- connoisseur, collector, and notable eccentric -- whose vast fortune endows the Foundation. The grumpy, grimy, extraordinarily talented music student Hulda Schnakenburg is commissioned to complete E. T .A. Hoffmann's unfinished opera Arthur of Britain, or The Magnanimous Cuckold ; and the scholarly priest Simon Darcourt finds himself charged with writing the libretto. Complications both practical and emotional arise: the gypsy in Maria's blood rises with a vengeance; Darcourt stoops to petty crime; and various others indulge in perjury, blackmail, and other unsavory pursuits. Hoffmann's dictum, "the lyre of Orpheus opens the door of the underworld," seems to be all too true -- especially when the long-hidden secrets of Francis Cornish himself are finally revealed. Baroque and deliciously funny, this third book in The Cornish Trilogy shows Robertson Davies at his very considerable best. "Robertson Davies is the sort of novelist readers can hardly wait to tell their friends about." -- The Washington Post Book World
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
067082416x
ISBN-13
9780670824168
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038418569
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lyre of Orpheus
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary
Publication Year
1989
Book Series
Cornish Trilogy Ser.
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Pr9199.3.D3l9 1989
Copyright Date
1988
Lccn
88-040311
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
19
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