Anthony Burgess

Burgess, Anthony

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John Anthony Burgess Wilson, who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire *A Clockwork Orange* remains his best-known novel. In 1971, it was adapted into a controversial film by Stanley Kubrick, which Burgess said was chiefly responsible for the popularity of the book. Burgess produced numerous other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He wrote librettos and screenplays, including the 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth. He worked as a literary critic for several publications, including The Observer and The Guardian, and wrote studies of classic writers, notably James Joyce. A versatile linguist, Burgess lectured in phonetics, and translated Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus Rex, and the opera Carmen, among others. Burgess also composed over 250 musical works; he considered himself as much a composer as an author, although he achieved considerably more success in writing.

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Shorter Finnegans Wake
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The enemy in the blanket
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Beds in the East
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A Clockwork Orange
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1985
Representative edition published 2021
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Doktor Hastalandi
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Mozart and the wolf gang
Representative edition published 2020
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Earthly Powers
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Obscenity and the arts
Representative edition published 2018
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One flew over the cuckoos nest and a clockwork orange 2 books collection set
Representative edition published 2018
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Murder to music
Representative edition published 2018
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A long trip to teatime
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The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories
Representative edition published 2015
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Bir Elin Sesi Var
Representative edition published 2015
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The Maltese Islands and the Sea
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Mais les blondes préfèrent-elles les hommes ?
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Honey for the Bears
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The Kingdom of the Wicked
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Mozart ve Deyyuslar
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Literature -- Part 3. Drama -- Second Custom Edition for Anne Arundel Community College
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Literature--Twelfth Edition
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Drama -- Twelfth Edition
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Titus Groan
Representative edition published 2012
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Enderby
Representative edition published 2012
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