Bruggil's bride

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Bruggil's bride

by Robert F. Young

EN·~34 minutes·2 chapters

Chapters

2 total
1

Part 1

31:10
2

Part 2

3:30

Description

In a glittering 23rd‑century New York, operatic android Isolde steps off the production line with flawless voice tapes of Kirsten Flagstad and a perfect Wagnerian build. After a triumphant debut at the Metropolitanette, she is quietly deactivated and stored alongside the other characters from the great opera, awaiting a future that seems set in stone.

Beneath the sleek façade of the city, a shadowy black market thrives, where a smooth‑talking hustler named Hans Becker and a night watchman plot to steal the prized android. They arrange for a covert “conversion,” stripping Isolde of her stage costume and repurposing her for domestic chores—yet leaving her priceless voice untouched. As the illicit scheme unfolds, listeners are drawn into a neon‑lit world where art, technology, and greed collide, and an elegant machine begins an unexpected journey far from the opera house.

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Language

en

Duration

~34 minutes (33K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Great American Publications, Inc., 1960.

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2023-03-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Robert F. Young

Robert F. Young

1915–1986

Best known for warm, wistful science fiction, this American writer built a devoted following with stories that mixed wonder, romance, and gentle humor. His work appeared widely in mid-20th-century magazines, and “The Dandelion Girl” remains one of his most loved pieces.

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