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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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Clockwork Orange: Burgess Tribute Edition
2018, Independently Published
in English
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Clockwork Orange: Gold Anniversary Edition
2018, Independently Published
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Clockwork Orange: AB Anniversary Edition
2017, Independently Published
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Clockwork Orange: Play with Music
2015, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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A Clockwork Orange: The Restored Text
Sep 17, 2013, W. W. Norton / SFBC
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A Clockwork Orange
Aug 20, 2013, HarperAudio
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2013, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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A Clockwork Orange: The Restored Edition
2012, W.W. Norton & Co.
Hardcover
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- 1st American ed. (1); The Restored Edition; 50th Anniversary Edition
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Laranja Mecanica
Jan 01, 2012, Aleph
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- Edicao Especial 50 Anos (Em Portugues do Brasil)
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Penguin Essentials a Clockwork Orange
May 17, 2011, Penguin UK
mass market paperback
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A Clockwork Orange: authoritative text backgrounds and contexts criticism
2011, W.W. Norton & Co.
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- Norton Critical Edition
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Modern Classics A Clockwork Orange
May 25, 2010, Brand: Penguin Books, Penguin Classic
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L'orange mécanique
2010-05, Pavillons Poche ROBERT LAFFONT
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A Clockwork Orange
Sep 15, 2008, Hayakawa Publishing/Tsai Fong Books
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A Clockwork Orange CD
June 12, 2007, Caedmon, HarperCollins
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A Clockwork Orange
January 29, 2005, Buccaneer Books
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February 24, 2000, Penguin Books Ltd
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A Clockwork Orange
October 1999, Tandem Library
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A Clockwork Orange Starring Jason Hughes & Jack Devenport
Jan 31, 1998, Bbc Book Pub
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Uhrwerk Orange: Roman
1997, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
Taschenbuch
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- 16. Auflage
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Arancia Meccanica: con Intervista a S. Kubrick e testimonianza di Anthony Burgess
1996, Einaudi
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in Italian
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A Clockwork Orange
1996, Penguin Books
Paperback
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A Clockwork Orange:Hrsg. V. Claus Melchior. (Fremdsprachentexte)
June 1, 1992, Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH
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June 1992, Caedmon Audio Cassette
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A Clockwork Orange
1990-06, Ballantine Books
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A clockwork orange
1988, Norton, W. W. Norton & Company
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A Clockwork Orange (1 Cassette Swc 1417)
January 1986, Caedmon Audio Cassette
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A Clockwork Orange
July 12, 1983, Ballantine Books
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A Clockwork Orange
May 12, 1979, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
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A Clockwork Orange
1977 09, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
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- First Ballantine Books Edition, 19th printing
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Uhrwerk Orange: Roman
1977, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag
Taschenbuch
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A Clockwork Orange
July 12, 1976, Ballantine Books
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Le Testament de l'orange
November 1, 1975, Robert Laffont
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in French
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A Clockwork Orange
1974-10, Ballantine Books
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- Fifteenth printing
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A Clockwork Orange
1972-01, Ballantine Books
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- Seventh printing
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A Clockwork Orange
1972-01, Ballantine Books
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Arancia Meccanica: Con un'intervista a Stanley Kubrick e una testimonianza di Anthony Burgess
1969, giulio einaudi
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