An edition of Flowers for Algernon (1966)

Flowers for Algernon

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An edition of Flowers for Algernon (1966)

Flowers for Algernon

  • 4.2 (79 ratings) ·
  • 778 Want to read
  • 34 Currently reading
  • 172 Have read

From the Publisher: With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance-until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie? An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.

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Language
English
Pages
311

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Previews available in: French English Spanish Italian

Edition Availability
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Des fleurs pour Algernon
2011, Flammarion
paperback in French
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Des fleurs pour algernon
2008-01-23, J'ai lu
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
2004, Harcourt
Paperback in English
Cover of: Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
2004, Harvest / Harcourt Inc.
Paperback in English
Cover of: Des fleurs pour Algernon
Des fleurs pour Algernon
1995, J'ai Lu
Cover of: Flores Para Algernon
Flores Para Algernon: Ilustraciones De Etienne Delessert
1988, ediciones
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
1975-07, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam Edition (97)
Cover of: Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
1968-10, Bantam Books
mass market paperback in English - Bantam Edition, 4th printing
Cover of: Fiori per Algernon
Fiori per Algernon
/1968, Nord
in Italian
Cover of: Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
1966?, [publisher not identified]
in English

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Edition Notes

"A Harvest Book."

Published in
Orlando, FL, USA
Copyright Date
1994

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3561.E769 F68 1994

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
311 p. ;
Number of pages
311

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25566170M
Internet Archive
flowersforalgern00keye_500
ISBN 10
0156030306
ISBN 13
9780156030304
OCLC/WorldCat
61343108, 1018122503
Goodreads
44423508

Work Description

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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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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