An edition of Flowers for Algernon (1966)

Flowers for Algernon

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An edition of Flowers for Algernon (1966)

Flowers for Algernon

  • 4.3 (81 ratings) ·
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  • 35 Currently reading
  • 176 Have read

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence--a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?
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Harcourt
Language
English

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2004, Harvest / Harcourt Inc.
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2004, Harcourt
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Cover of: Flowers for Algernon
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1975-07, Bantam Books
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Fiori per Algernon
/1968, Nord
in Italian
Cover of: Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
1968-10, Bantam Books
mass market paperback in English - Bantam Edition, 4th printing
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, USA
Copyright Date
1994

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3561.E769F56 2004

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26781683M
Internet Archive
flowersforalgern00dani_3
ISBN 10
0156030306
ISBN 13
9780156030304
LCCN
2004005049
Goodreads
44423508

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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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