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Charles Osborne has asserted his moral right to be identified as the translator of this edition.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.  \nNo responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury or the author.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nISBN: HB: 978-1-4725-8273-7  \nPB: 978-1-4725-8272-0  \nePDF: 978-1-4725-8275-1  \nePub: 978-1-4725-8274-4  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NN  \nContents  \nIntroduction 1  \nThe Novel  \nBook One: The Career of a Distinguished Young Man 19  \nBook Two: Our Mr C. 51  \nBook Three: Classic Administration of a Province 137  \nBook Four: The Three-Headed Monster 167  \nProposed Contents of the Rest ofthe Novel 193  \nHistorical Events and Personages 199  \nMa","cbCaieeok2HLNNPW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieeok2HLNNPW","pdf",2458254,211,"English","# Introduction\n## Bertolt Brecht and Julius Caesar\n# The Novel\n## Book One: The Career of a Distinguished Young Man\n## Book Two: Our Mr C.\n## Book Three: Classic Administration of a Province\n## Book Four: The Three-Headed Monster\n## Proposed Contents of the Rest of the Novel\n## Historical Events and Personages\n## Map of the Roman Empire\n## Temporal Structure of the Novel","[{\"question\":\"What prompted Brecht to shift the Caesar project from a play to a prose novel?\",\"answer\":\"Plans became clearer only toward the end of 1937. 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