Burgess, Anthony 1917-1993

A clockwork orange by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
331 editions published between 1417 and 2014 in 10 languages and held by 8,166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption set in a dismal dystopia whereby a juvenile deliquent undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior

Earthly powers by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
71 editions published between 1980 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,671 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Burgess's ambitious study of 20th-century history centers on the stormy relationship between an effete, popular novelist and a Faustian priest."

Ernest Hemingway and his world by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
33 editions published between 1978 and 1999 in 4 languages and held by 2,134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A biography of one of the most widely-read 20th century American writers, with an assessment of the contribution he made to contemporary literature

Shakespeare by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
57 editions published between 1907 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 2,113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Blend of biography, anecdotes, speculations, critical commentary and personal insights

Any old iron by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
35 editions published between 1989 and 1992 in English and held by 1,765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A story of survival in our century and the destinies of two families, one Welsh, and one Jewish, who are bound together by marriage

The novel now : a guide to contemporary fiction by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
58 editions published between 1947 and 1974 in 4 languages and held by 1,751 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A dead man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
30 editions published between 1993 and 2010 in English and French and held by 1,743 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novelization of the life of the 16th Century playwright, Christopher Marlowe, portraying him as a spy for Elizabeth I's government in its war with Catholics. Lots of color on Elizabethan London, the court, the intrigues, the theater, the slums. The author's last book before his death, it comes 30 years after his Nothing Like the Sun, a novel on Shakespeare

The kingdom of the wicked by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
34 editions published between 1985 and 2012 in English and held by 1,695 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Beginning with the crucifixion of Jesus and ending, seventy years later, with the destruction of Pompeii, the wminent novelist and critic limns a dazzling, intellectually provocative recreation of the beginnings of Christianity

Nothing like the sun, a story of Shakespeare's love-life by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
78 editions published between 1964 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,648 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
'Nothing Like The Sun' is a magnificent, bawdy telling of Shakespeare's love life. Starting with the young Will, the novel is a romp that follows Will's maturation into sex and writing

Cyrano de Bergerac by Anthony Burgess ( Book )
29 editions published between 1971 and 2009 in English and held by 1,603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rostand's famous play tells of the brilliant wit Cyrano, with a face marred by his huge nose, who composes love letters to help his friend Christian woo the beautiful Roxane, with whom Cyrano is secretly in love