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The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
Front cover photo. The Lyre of Orpheus. Hardcover Fiction Book.
Back cover book. The Lyre of Orpheus. Hardcover Fiction Book
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus

The Lyre of Orpheus

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The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies

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.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Published: 1989
  • Edition: 1st US Trade Ed
  • Pages: 480
  • ISBN: 067082416x

Hardcover pre-owned book in very good condition.

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