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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; with an afterword and glossary by Stanley Edgar Hyman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Clockwork Orange about?

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. ---------- Also contained in: [A Clockwork Orange and Honey for the Bears](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2

Who reads A Clockwork Orange?

Author

Anthony Burgess; with an afterword and glossary by Stanley Edgar Hyman

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published

1972

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393002249

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Science Fiction

Rating

3.98 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13