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.
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- 1473
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A Clockwork Orange Revised
Paperback, 192 pages
English language
Published Oct. 5, 1988 by W W Norton & Co Ltd.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-393-30553-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 14718899
A Clockwork Orange
paperback, 141 pages
English language
Published Aug. 25, 2000 by Penguin.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-85613-266-4Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
Hardcover, 185 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 1962 by Buccaneer Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-56849-511-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 35949597
A Clockwork Orange
School & Library Binding, 192 pages
English language
Published Oct. 13, 1999 by Tandem Library.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8085-8194-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 38137454
A Clockwork Orange
Paperback, 219 pages
English language
Published March 12, 1988 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-35443-3Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
mass market paperback, 191 pages
English language
Published Aug. 24, 1971 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-02624-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 957919
A clockwork orange
Paperback, 195 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 1994 by Compact Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7493-1847-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 59816362
Arancia Meccanica
Paperback, 235 pages
Italian language
Published Aug. 13, 1996 by Einaudi.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-06-13640-6Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 635738957
La naranja mecánica
Hardcover, 195 pages
Español language
Published Aug. 31, 1994 by Minotauro.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-450-7135-9Copied ISBN!
A clockwork Orange
mass market paperback, 160 pages
English language
Published Oct. 14, 2011 by Penguin UK.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-241-95144-6Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
paperback, 246 pages
English language
Published Sept. 17, 2013 by W. W. Norton / SFBC.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-62490-294-9Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published July 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-25632-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 3474909
A Clockwork Orange
library binding, 192 pages
Published June 26, 2008 by Paw Prints 2008-06-26.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4395-0746-9Copied ISBN!
A clockwork orange.
188 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 1963 by W.W. Norton & Company.
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- 978-0-393-00224-9Copied ISBN!
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