An edition of A Clockwork Orange (1962)

A clockwork orange

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A clockwork orange
Anthony Burgess
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An edition of A Clockwork Orange (1962)

A clockwork orange

  • 4.04 ·
  • 45 Ratings
  • 687 Want to read
  • 17 Currently reading
  • 85 Have read

Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption set in a dismal dystopia whereby a juvenile deliquent undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior.

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Publisher
Norton
Language
English
Pages
188

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2000, Penguin Classics
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A Clockwork Orange
/1993, Paperview U.K. Ltd.
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A Clockwork Orange
1990-06, Ballantine Books
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A Clockwork Orange
1972-01, Ballantine Books
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A Clockwork Orange
1964, Pan Books
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A Clockwork Orange
1963, W.W. Norton and Co.
hardcover in English - Book Club Edition
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A clockwork orange
1963, W. W. Norton & Company
paperback in English - [1st American ed.]
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A clockwork orange
1963, Norton
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New York

Edition Notes

Series
The Norton library
Copyright Date
1962

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.9
Library of Congress
PR6073.I4678 C55 1963

The Physical Object

Pagination
188 p. ;
Number of pages
188

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24938351M
ISBN 10
0393002241
ISBN 13
9780393002249
OCLC/WorldCat
365187

Work Description

A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called "Nadsat", which takes its name from the Russian suffix that is equivalent to '-teen' in English. According to Burgess, it was a jeu d'esprit written in just three weeks.

In 2005, A Clockwork Orange was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The original manuscript of the book has been kept at McMaster University's William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada since the institution purchased the documents in 1971. It is considered one of the most influential dystopian books.



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