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This fascinating early work by Anthony Burgess is a delightful fantasy, blending classical myth and farce. Displaying a high degree of verbal ingenuity and intelligence, Burgess effortlessly plays with ideas to create a riotous comedy that is ultimately a celebration of love and marriage. It is presented here along with the earlier and similarly themed The Venus of Ille, by Prosper Mérimée. Ambrose and Diana are to be married. Diana, however, is having last-minute doubts fuelled by her feminist friend and bridesmaid, Julia, while Ambrose inadvertently becomes engaged to the goddess Venus, who has taken possession of the wedding ring. These obstacles present the first in a farcical series of challenges—not only to the impending wedding, but also to the most dearly held preconceptions of Ambrose, Diana, and their wedding guests. In addition to writing novels like A Clockwork Orange and The Earthly Powers, Anthony Burgess was also a composer and critic.
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The eve of St Venus: a fantasy about love and marriage
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The Eve of St Venus (Hesperus Modern Voices)
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The Eve of Saint Venus: A Novel
March 1, 1979, W. W. Norton & Company
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The Eve Of Saint Venus
Feb 10, 1971, Ballantine, 1971, Ballantine Books
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Eve of St Venus
April 12, 1971, Ballantine Books
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First published, (London): Sidgwick & Jackson: 1964.
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