Dr Strauss says I should rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on.
An edition of Flowers for Algernon
(1966)
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
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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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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
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Flores Para Algernon: Ilustraciones De Etienne Delessert
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Flowers for Algernon
1975-07, Bantam Books
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Flowers for Algernon
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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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