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
- Goodreads:
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LA Naranja Mecanica
Paperback, 200 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 13, 2003 by Minotauro.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-450-7396-4Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange:Hrsg. V. Claus Melchior. (Fremdsprachentexte)
Paperback, 260 pages
German language
Published June 1, 1992 by Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-15-009281-1Copied ISBN!
La taronja mecànica
Paperback, 269 pages
Catalan language
Published Oct. 14, 2014 by labutxaca.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-9930-846-3Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 30745089
Die Uhrwerk Orange.
Hardcover, 222 pages
German language
Published Jan. 1, 1999 by Klett-Cotta.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-608-93519-6Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
paperback, 192 pages
Published Sept. 27, 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-100855-4Copied ISBN!
Penguin Essentials a Clockwork Orange
mass market paperback, 160 pages
Published May 17, 2011 by Penguin UK.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-241-95144-6Copied ISBN!
Laranja Mecanica
paperback, 292 pages
Portuguese language
Published Aug. 22, 2019 by ALEPH.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-7657-446-0Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
Paperback, 223 pages
German language
Published Oct. 14, 1997 by Heyne.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-13079-1Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
paperback, 352 pages
Published Jan. 28, 2014 by imusti, Penguin Classic.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-119753-1Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange CD
Audio CD
English language
Published June 12, 2007 by Caedmon.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-117062-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 144550243
La naranja mecánica
Paperback
Spanish language
Published by Booket.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-450-7639-2Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
176 pages
English language
Published Oct. 14, 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-118260-5Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 8810
Clockwork Orange
Paperback, 94 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 1990 by Arrow.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-976920-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 59831640
A Clockwork Orange
paperback
German language
Published March 1, 2000 by Heyne.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-16413-0Copied ISBN!
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