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A Clockwork Orange

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An edition of A Clockwork Orange (1962)

A Clockwork Orange

Reprinted with an introduction (6)
  • 4.04 ·
  • 45 Ratings
  • 673 Want to read
  • 16 Currently reading
  • 85 Have read

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BLAKE MORRISON
'A work of the highest artistic and moral integrity, as relevant now, and as linguistically alive, as it was when it first appeared' — Blake Morrison

In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him — but how and at what cost?
--back cover

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
176

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/1993, Paperview U.K. Ltd.
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1990-06, Ballantine Books
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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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Book Details


Published in

London

First Sentence

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

Edition Notes

UK/AUS/CAN

Series
Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
Copyright Date
1996

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xxiv, 148p.
Number of pages
176

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9304554M
Internet Archive
clockworkorange0000burg_g5d4
ISBN 10
0140188827
ISBN 13
9780140188820
OCLC/WorldCat
1028299653
Library Thing
1473
Amazon ID (ASIN)
, 0140188827
Google
ASfkugAACAAJ
Alibris ID
9780140188820
Goodreads
1003280

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 / The Wanting Seed

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