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
  • 665 Want to read
  • 16 Currently reading
  • 85 Have read

In this reissue of A Clockwork Orange, a controversial last chapter not previously published in the United States has been included, making the book available for the first time in paperback in its original unabridged form.
--back cover

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
192

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Previews available in: Korean Spanish English

Edition Availability
Cover of: 시계태엽오렌지
시계태엽오렌지: A Clockwork Orange
2022, Minŭmsa, Min Eumsa
Paperback in Korean
Cover of: La naranja mecanica
La naranja mecanica
2022-06, Minotauro
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
2000, Penguin Classics
paperback in English - reprint 1
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
2000, Penguin Classics
paperback in English - reprint 1
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
/1993, Paperview U.K. Ltd.
hardcover in English - promotional edition
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1990-06, Ballantine Books
paperback in English - First Revised Edition, thirty-sixth printing
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1987, W W Norton & Company
Paperback in English
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1972-01, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Seventh printing
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1964, Pan Books
paperback in English
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1963, W.W. Norton and Co.
hardcover in English - Book Club Edition
Cover of: A clockwork orange
A clockwork orange
1963, W. W. Norton & Company
paperback in English - [1st American ed.]

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Book Details


Published in

New York

First Sentence

"'WHAT'S it going to be then, eh?'"

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1986

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR6052.U638C5 1987

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xi, 192p.
Number of pages
192

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7452772M
Internet Archive
clockworkorange0000burg_m1o1
ISBN 10
0393305538
ISBN 13
9780393305531
LCCN
86023843
OCLC/WorldCat
14718899
Library Thing
1473
Goodreads
59936392

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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A Clockwork Orange and Honey for the Bears
A Clockwork Orange / The Wanting Seed

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'WHAT'S it going to be then, eh?'
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‘What’s it going to be then, eh?’
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