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courtesy Books

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A book that gives advice to aspiring young courtiers in etiquette and other aspects of behaviour expected at royal or noble courts. This kind of work—sometimes written in verse—first ...

Yevgeny Onegin

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The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
Music, Opera, Performing arts
Length:
3,504 words
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...himself incapable of anything more than a brother's love (iv.12–17). Tatyana is stunned into silence. A ct 2.i A brightly lit room in the Larin house The entr'acte is based on the central theme of the Letter Scene. To the strains of a waltz, played by a military band courtesy of the Company Commander with whom the ladies flirt, the guests assembled for Tatyana's name‐day chatter and gossip (v.25–6, 28). Onegin, bored, flirts and dances with Olga (v.41). Lensky jealously confronts Olga but is rebuffed (v.44–5). Monsieur Triquet, a local Frenchman,...

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