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FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON made its first appearance as a short story which was rapidly and widely anthologized, and translated internationally. It received further acclaimed as a memorable television drama, and as a motion picture production. Now, full-bodied and richly peopled, FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON is the daring novel of a startling human experiment!
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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
Mass Market Paperback
in French
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Flowers for Algernon
2004, Harcourt
Paperback
in English
- 1st Harvest edition (M)
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Flores Para Algernon: Ilustraciones De Etienne Delessert
1988, ediciones
Paperback
in Spanish
8434852748 9788434852747
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Flowers for Algernon
1978 09, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam edition; Tie-in, 48th printing
0553124986 9780553124989
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Flowers for Algernon
1975-07, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Bantam Edition (97)
0553274503 9780553274509
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Flowers for Algernon
1968-10, Bantam Books
mass market paperback
in English
- Bantam Edition, 4th printing
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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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