A Clockwork Orange Book First Page

The novel was adapted into a classic movie by stanley kubrick.

A clockwork orange book first page. Then i said in a very. A clockwork orange chapter 1 1. A clockwork orange novel by anthony burgess published in 1962. 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.

In a very good first state dust jacket with wide flaps priced at 16s net. Excellent really first class keeping turning the pages. Previous owner bookplate to front free endpaper and pages toned. Dazzling and transgressive a clockwork orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom.

When the state undertakes to reform alex to redeem him the novel asks at what cost this edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and burgess s introduction a clockwork orange resucked 192 pp. He had books under his arm and a crappy umbrella and was coming round the. A clockwork orange anthony burgess a clockwork orange is a dystopian novel by english writer anthony burgess published in 1962. Non fiction and cocktail books.

Set in a near future english society featuring a subculture of extreme youth violence the teenage protagonist alex narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. It is set in a dismal dystopian england and presents a first person account of a juvenile delinquent who undergoes state sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior. Staining to jacket mostly visible from the blank verso light toning and light wear. A clockwork orange is set in the near future most likely sometime in the early twenty first century.

A clockwork orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. The teenage protagonist alex narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him.