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 Starring Jason Hughes & Jack Devenport
audio cassette
Published Jan. 31, 1998 by Bbc Book Pub.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-563-55715-9Copied ISBN!
Orange Mecanique
221 pages
French language
Published Oct. 14, 1994
- ISBN:
- 978-2-266-06231-2Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 122497
A Clockwork Orange
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published May 12, 1979 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-28411-2Copied ISBN!
Uhrwerk Orange
taschenbuch, 221 pages
German language
Published Oct. 19, 1997 by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-02388-8Copied ISBN!
Laranja Mecanica
Portuguese language
Published Jan. 1, 2012 by Aleph.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-7657-136-0Copied ISBN!
La naranja mecánica (1. ed.) (2012)
Published Aug. 13, 2012 by Planeta Colombiana.
- ISBN:
- 978-958-42-3042-3Copied ISBN!
Laranja Mecânica
Portuguese language
Published Aug. 13, 2019 by Editora Aleph.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-7657-463-7Copied ISBN!
Το κουρδιστό πορτοκάλι
Modern Greek language
Published Oct. 14, 2010
- ISBN:
- 978-960-306-847-1Copied ISBN!
Mechaniczna pomarańcza
Published Aug. 13, 2020 by Vis-à-vis/Etiuda.
- ISBN:
- 978-83-7998-260-8Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
168 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2008 by Penguin Books, Limited.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-103722-6Copied ISBN!
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