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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?
Novel by Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. Set in a dismal dystopia, it is the first-person account of a juvenile delinquent who undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior. The novel satirizes extreme political systems that are based on opposing models of the perfectibility or incorrigibility of humanity. Written in a futuristic slang vocabulary invented by Burgess, in part by adaptation of Russian words, it was his most original and best-known work. Alex, the protagonist, has a passion for classical music and is a member of a vicious teenage gang that commits random acts of brutality. Captured and imprisoned, he is transformed through behavioral conditioning into a model citizen, but his taming also leaves him defenseless. He ultimately reverts to his former behavior. The final chapter of the original British edition, in which Alex renounces his amoral past, was removed when the novel was first published in the United States.
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
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393312836
- 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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