A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess quantity. Add to cart. SKU: Category: Books. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess’s introduction, “A Clockwork Orange Resucked. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is the author's best-known work of fiction. It tells the story of Alex, who begins the novel as a fifteen-year-old delinquent. He's initially incredibly unlikeable and prone to extreme violence against anyone he meets. He's forced to undergo a transformation that has wide-reaching implications for society. A Clockwork Orange is Anthony Burgess’s most famous novel and its impact on literary, musical and visual culture has been extensive. The novel is concerned with the conflict between the individual and the state, the punishment of young criminals, and the possibility or otherwise of redemption.
ANTHONY BURGESS A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Introduction Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in and is a graduate of the University there. Af ter six years in the Army he worked as an instructor for the Central Advisory Council for Forces Education. Anthony Burgess () was a novelist, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. He is best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange (), but altogether he wrote thirty-three novels, twenty-five works of non-fiction, two volumes of autobiography, three symphonies, more than other musical works, and thousands of essays, articles and reviews. Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange paints a dystopian view of a world desensitized to violence. The book focuses on Alex, a teenaged gangleader who begins a crime spree that eventually culminates in breaking into an elderly couple's home and forcing the husband to watch the rape of his wife.
Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess’s introduction, “A Clockwork Orange Resucked.”. A Clockwork Orange is a novel by Anthony Burgess that was first published in Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of A Clockwork Orange, scene by scene break-downs, and more. A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 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.
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