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A Clockwork Orange
by Burgess, Anthony
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0434098000
- ISBN 13
- 9780434098002
- Seller
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Independence , Oregon, United States
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About This Item
William Heinemann Ltd, 1975. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Purple cloth with gilt on spine, jacket is black with white and orange lettering, EX-LIBRARY with typical library markings, cover has tape marks, jacket price clipped.
Synopsis
Anthony Burgess wrote more than 40 novels, but A Clockwork Orange is certainly his most famous. The novel is set in a not-too-distant future English society, namely characterized by a subculture of extreme youth violence. Alex, the unapologetic teenaged protagonist, narrates his exploits and experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. This narration — in a fictional slang called nadsat — is an experiment in language, combining elements of Russian and Cockney English. In fact, the title of the novel itself is taken from an old Cockney expression: “As queer as a clockwork orange.” The US edition of the novel was published without the final chapter, in which Alex grows up to renounce violence. Burgess strongly disapproved of the decision, arguing that it distorted the novel into a tale of unredeemable evil — far from the author’s original intention. Ironically, the US edition of A Clockwork Orange became a cult classic and was used by Stanley Kubrick for his 1971 film adaptation. A Clockwork Orange is ranked 65th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. It is also listed in TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923).
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On Dec 18 2015, a reader said:
One of the worst books ever! this is sick.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Chance Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 051410
- Title
- A Clockwork Orange
- Author
- Burgess, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0434098000
- ISBN 13
- 9780434098002
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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