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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A Clockwork Orange
192 pages
English language
Published Oct. 14, 1988 by W.W. Norton.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-393-02439-5Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
160 pages
English language
Published Oct. 14, 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd.
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- 978-0-14-029105-6Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published Sept. 12, 1977 by Ballantine Books.
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- 978-0-345-27321-5Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
Paperback, 148 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 1998 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-027409-7Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
296 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2002 by Thorndike Press.
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- 978-0-7862-4644-1Copied ISBN!
Naranja Mecanica, La
Hardcover
Spanish language
Published Jan. 13, 1999 by Minotauro.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-450-7302-5Copied ISBN!
A clockwork orange
195 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 1962 by Heinemann.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-434-09800-2Copied ISBN!
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- 101194
A Clockwork Orange
audio cd
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2013 by HarperAudio.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-231426-0Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
mass market paperback
Published Oct. 12, 1986 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-34334-5Copied ISBN!
La Naranja Mecanica
Paperback
Spanish language
Published May 13, 2005 by Minotauro.
- ISBN:
- 978-950-547-087-7Copied ISBN!
Le Testament de l'orange
Paperback
French language
Published Nov. 1, 1975 by Robert Laffont.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-221-01725-8Copied ISBN!
A clockwork orange
Mass Market Paperback, 187 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 1965 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-31483-3Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
240 pages
Published May 21, 2019 by W. W. Norton & Company.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-393-34176-8Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange
Hardcover, 160 pages
Spanish language
Published July 30, 1994 by Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-003219-2Copied ISBN!
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- 60854734
Uhrwerk Orange
taschenbuch, 204 pages
German language
Published Jan. 1, 1977 by Heyne Verlag.
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- 978-3-453-00250-0Copied ISBN!
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