Book 27. (1 results) Prize of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 135 | The performance had been by the View more quotes about older">older, and most famous, of the two major opera companies in the city. |
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Book 27. (7 results) Prize of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 132 | The resemblance was remarkable. |
| 2 | 133 | It had been a performance of Richard Strauss's Salomé, based on a short story by Oscar Wilde. |
| 2 | 134 | The lead role had been sung by a famous Italian soprano, a visiting artist. |
| 2 | 135 | The performance had been by the older, and most famous, of the two major opera companies in the city. |
| 2 | 136 | Both are fine companies, and either, in her view, would have been capable of mounting splendid productions of the work performed. |
| 2 | 137 | She wonders if the preceding few sentences will be excised from the manuscript, as perhaps too revealing, or if they, perhaps in their amusement, will permit them to remain, perhaps as an intriguing, almost insolent detail. |
| 2 | 138 | She does not know. |
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The resemblance was remarkable.
It had been a performance of Richard Strauss's Salomé, based on a short story by Oscar Wilde.
The lead role had been sung by a famous Italian soprano, a visiting artist.
The performance had been by the older, and most famous, of the two major opera companies in the city.
Both are fine companies, and either, in her view, would have been capable of mounting splendid productions of the work performed.
She wonders if the preceding few sentences will be excised from the manuscript, as perhaps too revealing, or if they, perhaps in their amusement, will permit them to remain, perhaps as an intriguing, almost insolent detail.
She does not know.
- (Prize of Gor)