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 …
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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.
Also contained in:
A Clockwork Orange and Honey for the Bears A Clockwork Orange / The Wanting Seed
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A "Clockwork Orange"
64 pages
Published Oct. 1, 1998 by Methuen Drama.
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- 978-0-413-73590-4Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
audio cd
Published June 7, 2010 by Audiobooks.
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- 978-1-84657-278-4Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
Published April 2, 1995 by Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-606-19472-3Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
Paperback, 176 pages
Published April 1, 2011 by Penguin Classics.
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- 978-90-01-80846-4Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange, A
Paperback
Published Aug. 30, 1970 by Ballantine Books.
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- 978-0-345-01708-6Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
audio cassette
English language
Published June 2, 1992 by Caedmon Audio Cassette.
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- 978-1-55994-637-7Copied ISBN!
Zavodnoĭ apelʹsin
156 pages
Russian language
Published June 2, 1991 by "Khudozhestvennai︠a︡ lit-ra,".
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- 978-5-280-02370-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 27822427
Clockwork Orange
112 pages
English language
Published June 2, 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4081-4098-7Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
English language
Published June 2, 2017 by Independently Published.
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- 978-1-9767-7338-9Copied ISBN!
A clockwork orange
188 pages
English language
Published June 2, 1963 by Norton.
- OCLC Number:
- 365187
Clockwork Orange
English language
Published June 2, 2018 by Independently Published.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-9770-1783-3Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
English language
Published June 2, 2013 by Penguin Books, Limited.
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- 978-0-14-197068-4Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
English language
Published June 2, 1963 by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..
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- 978-0-393-08519-8Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
English language
Published June 2, 2011 by Penguin Books, Limited.
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- 978-0-14-190832-8Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
English language
Published June 2, 2018 by Independently Published.
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- 978-1-9832-5437-6Copied ISBN!
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