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  • The Bus Book – w/c 18th February – The Threepenny Novel

    This week’s book was ‘The Threepenny Novel’ by Bertholt Brecht.

    I have to admit that I didn’t even realise we’d got it in the house until I was browsing the shelves and I came across it.  I knew it was based on his ‘The Threepenny Opera’, which in turn was based on John Gay’s ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ , and I knew it featured the character Macheath.  And that was it.

    So…what did I think? 

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    This week’s book was ‘The Threepenny Novel’ by Bertholt Brecht. I have to admit that I didn’t even realise we’d got it in the house until I was browsing the shelves and I came across it.  I knew it was based on his ‘The Threepenny Opera’, which in turn was based on John Gay’s ‘The Beggar’s

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