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Ninety-nine Novels

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Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English Since 1939, A Personal Choice is a work of literary criticism by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison and Busby in 1984. The book presents Burgess's own annotated selection of ninety-nine novels published in English between 1939 and 1983, reflecting his personal judgment as a prolific reader who had reviewed several hundred novels earlier in his career. According to Burgess, the manuscript was originally commissioned by a Nigerian publisher and written in only two weeks. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1984 1
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Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 – A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984.
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    Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939, A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984.
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    Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939, A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984. It covers a 44-year span between 1939 and 1983. Burgess was a prolific reader, in his early career reviewing more than 350 novels in just over two years for The Yorkshire Post. In the course of his career he wrote more than 30 novels.
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    Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939, A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984.
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    Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939, A Personal Choice is an essay by British writer Anthony Burgess, published by Allison & Busby in 1984.
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