An edition of A Clockwork Orange (1962)

A Clockwork Orange

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An edition of A Clockwork Orange (1962)

A Clockwork Orange

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  • 4.0 (50 ratings) ·
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Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just like ultra-violence - he also enjoys rape, drugs and Beethoven's Ninth. He and his gang rampage through a dystopian future, hunting for terrible thrills. But when Alex finds himself at the mercy of the state and subject to the ministrations of Dr Brodsky, the government psychologist, he discovers that fun is no longer the order of the day ...

The basis for one of the most notorious films ever made, A Clockwork Orange is both a virtuoso performance from an electrifying prose stylist and a serious exploration of the morality of free will.
--back cover

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Publisher
Penguin Classics
Language
English
Pages
141

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시계태엽오렌지: A Clockwork Orange
2022, Minŭmsa, Min Eumsa
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2022-06, Minotauro
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Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
2000, Penguin Classics
paperback in English - reprint 1
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A Clockwork Orange
2000, Penguin Classics
paperback in English - reprint 1
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
/1993, Paperview U.K. Ltd.
hardcover in English - promotional edition
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1990-06, Ballantine Books
paperback in English - First Revised Edition, thirty-sixth printing
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1972-01, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Seventh printing
Cover of: A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1964, Pan Books
paperback in English
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A clockwork orange
1963, W. W. Norton & Company
paperback in English - [1st American ed.]
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A Clockwork Orange
1963, W.W. Norton and Co.
hardcover in English - Book Club Edition

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Published in
London
Copyright Date
1996

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Format
paperback
Pagination
xxiii, 140p.
Number of pages
141

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27284158M
Internet Archive
isbn_9781856132664
ISBN 10
1856132668
ISBN 13
9781856132664
Amazon ID (ASIN)
1856132668
Goodreads
59769676

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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