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| Title Statement | The lyre of Orpheus / Robertson Davies. |
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| Author | Davies, Robertson, 1913- |
| Additional Contributors | Horton, John |
| Publication | Washington, D.C.: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress,2013. |
| Extent of Item | 1 DAISY audio disc (15 hours, 14 minutes) |
| Other Number | NLSxxDAI26807 |
| General Notes | Originally issued by NLS on cassette in 1989. |
| Performance Credits | Narrated by John Horton. |
| Audience & Ratings | Bestseller. Contains some descriptions of sex. Contains strong language. Male narrator. |
| Summary | Hulda Schnackenburg, a doctoral student, plans to complete E.T.A. Hoffman's unfinished opera Arthur of Britain, or The Magnanimous Cuckold. After she convinces the Cornish Foundation to fund her project, the plot of the opera seems to come to life as Arthur and his wife unwittingly reenact the Arthurian legend. Sequel to What's Bred in the Bone (DB 23869). Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1988. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Arthurian romances--Fiction--Appreciation |
| Opera--Fiction--Production and direction--Canada | |
| By Name | Hoffmann, E. T. A.(Ernst Theodor Amadeus),1776-1822 |
| By Genre | Fiction |
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