The Worm and the Ring
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The Worm and the Ring is a 1961 novel by English novelist Anthony Burgess, drawing on his time as a teacher at Banbury Grammar School, Oxfordshire, England, in the early 1950s. It is Burgess's version of the Ring Cycle, the Dragon pub in the novel corresponding to the worm and a purloined diary standing in for the ring.
[edit] Characters
(Wagnerian equivalents in brackets)
- Woolton, the school principal (Wotan)
- Frederica, Woolton's wife (Fricka)
- Lodge (Loge)
- Albert Rich, a student at the school (Alberich)
- three female students (the Rhinemaidens)
- Linda (Woglinde)
[edit] Trivia
The novel was withdrawn from circulation under the threat of libel action from one of Burgess's former colleagues.
[edit] Extracts
| “ | 'But you like her, don’t you?' asked Howarth. 'You like Mrs Connor?’' For himself, thought Howarth, he did not particularly like Mrs Connor. He desired Mrs Connor, however.
Howarth began to see that, however much it was against one's will and convictions, sides had to be taken, the dreary corrupt world of politics had to be entered by the good and dispassionate, to protect and avenge the weak. But one always entered too late. |
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