Dr Strauss says I should rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on.
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Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
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Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence--a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.
As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?
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Charlie Gordon, Alice Kinnian, Dr. Nemur, Dr. Strauss, Norma Gordon, AlgernonShowing 10 featured editions. View all 78 editions?
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Des fleurs pour algernon
2008-01-23, J'ai lu
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in French
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Flowers for Algernon
2004, Harcourt
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Flores Para Algernon: Ilustraciones De Etienne Delessert
1988, ediciones
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Flowers for Algernon
1978 09, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam edition; Tie-in, 48th printing
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Flowers for Algernon
1975-07, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam Edition (97)
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Flowers for Algernon
1968-10, Bantam Books
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Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew knowledge was important and had learned to read and write after a fashion, but he also knew he wasn't nearly as bright as most of the people around him. There was even a white mouse named Algernon who outpaced Charlie in some ways. But a remarkable operation had been performed on Algernon, and now he was a genius among mice. Suppose Charlie underwent a similar operation...
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