"A Crowd Pleaser - Sumptuous, Rousing."

--Newsweek

"Witty, Urbane and Eminently Actable."

--The New York Times Book Review

"EMOTIONAL DEPTH ROSTAND HIMSELF WOULD SURELY HAVE ENVIED - Burgess' extravagant verse keeps its contours, yet trips off the tongue almost as though it were contemporary speech."

--London Times

"Anthony Burgess' Translation is Quite Overwhelming!"

--London City Limits

Applause Books Web Site, August, 2000

This translation of Rostand's classic story is "a crowd pleaser . . . sumptuous, rousing" ("Newsweek"). "Emotional depth Rostand himself would surely have envied . . . Burgess' extravagant verse keeps its contours, yet trips off the tongue almost as though it were contemporary speech".--"London Times".