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Can I read A Clockwork Orange on EtoBox?
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Clockwork Orange about?
<p>The only American edition of the cult classic novel.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p><P>After his youthful adventures of raping and pillaging, Alex finds himself in prison. When he volunteers for an experiment, his sentence is commuted to two weeks. The experiment leaves him physically incapable of doing wrong and releases him back into the world. However, when he repeatedly runs into people he has wronged in the past, his real suffering begins. This audiobook gives new life to Burgess's tale of recklessly violent youth, free will and true redemption. While Malcolm McDowell forever infused viewers with the look of Alex in the film, Tom Hollander performs an even more amazing feat. With a smooth, almost lyrical, crisp voice, Hollander delivers Burgess's "nadsat" dialect to readers with such rhythmic cadence that listeners will easily understand the extensive slang used throughout the book. This unabridged production also includes the 21st chapter, which was not dramatized in the film or in the book's original U.S. publication. The audiobook opens with a brief note by Burgess on living with the book's legacy. The final CD features selected readings by Burgess from a prev
Who reads A Clockwork Orange?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Anthony Burgess
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393305531
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (440,227 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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