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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Clockwork Orange
352 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2012 by Penguin Random House.
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- 978-0-434-02151-2Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
224 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2012 by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..
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- 978-0-393-08358-3Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
240 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2011 by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..
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- 978-0-393-34304-5Copied ISBN!
Clockwork Orange
224 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2012 by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..
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- 978-0-393-23919-5Copied ISBN!
A Clockwork Orange (1 Cassette Swc 1417)
Audio cassette
Published Jan. 13, 1986 by Caedmon Audio Cassette.
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- 978-99968-81-08-4Copied ISBN!
A clockwork orange
148 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1972 by Penguin Books.
To Kourdisto portokali
234 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1977 by Zarbaros.
A clockwork orange
148 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 1996 by Penguin.
A clockwork orange
143 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 1972 by Penguin Books.
A clockwork orange
148 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1999 by Penguin Books.
A clockwork orange
436 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 1968 by Modern Library.
A Clockwork Orange
English language
Published by Easton Press.
A clockwork orange
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1981 by The Observer.
התפוז המכני
191 pages
Hebrew language
Published 1996 by Modan Publishing House.
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