An edition of A Clockwork Orange (1962)

A Clockwork Orange

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An edition of A Clockwork Orange (1962)

A Clockwork Orange

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

In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of youth culture in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him — but at what cost?

Social prophecy? Black comedy? Study of free will? A Clockwork Orange is all of these. It is also a dazzling experiment in language, as Burgess creates a new speech for his anti-hero: 'nadsat', the teenage slang of a not-too-distant future. Stanley Kubrick's controversial film version of the novel has sealed its reputation as one of the most daring works of fiction this century.
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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
148

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1990-06, Ballantine Books
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1963, W.W. Norton and Co.
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1963, W. W. Norton & Company
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Harmondsworth, Middlesex

Edition Notes

Anthony Burgess pseud. van John Burgess Wilson.
1st Penguin ed.: 1972. - Orig. publ.: London : Heinemann, 1962.

Series
Essential Penguin
Copyright Date
printing (48)

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
148 p.
Number of pages
148
Dimensions
18 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7351909M
Internet Archive
clockworkorange0000burg_g4d6
ISBN 10
014027409X
ISBN 13
9780140274097
Library Thing
1473
Alibris ID
9780140274097
Goodreads
56167606

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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