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Description
Anthony Burgess's modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption, reissued to include the controversial last chapter not previously published in this country, with a new introduction by the author.
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Cast of Characters/Important People
Memorable Quotes
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“But what I do I do because I like to do.”
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“What's it going to be then, eh?”
Alex ; prison chaplain -
“Then I looked at its top sheet, and there was the name -A CLOCKWORK ORANGE- and I said: 'That's a fair gloopy title. Who ever heard of a clockwork orange?'”
Alex -
“It'll be your own torture. I hope to God it'll torture you to madness.”
P.R. Deltoid -
“We study the problem. We’ve been studying it for damn well near a century, yes, but we get no further with our studies. You’ve got a good home here, good loving parents. You’ve got not too bad of a brain! Is it some devil that crawls inside of you?”
P.R. Deltoid
First Sentence
'WHAT'S it going to be then, eh?'
Table of Contents
Glossary
- devotchka: girl
- malchick: boy
- droog: friend
- appy-polly-loggies: apologies; "sorry"
- glazzies: eyes
- ultraviolence: the violent, destructive, criminal activity that Alex and his droogs, along with many other young people, engage in; theft, beatings, murder, rape
- Bog: God
- viddy: see
- Horrorshow: cool, great
Authors & Contributors
- Anthony Burgess (Author)
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