A Clockwork Orange
0 sources
Summary
A Clockwork Orange is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,301 views/month, #184 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Anthony Burgess[3]
- Award received: NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4], Prometheus Award[5], 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction[6]
- Publisher: Heinemann[7]
- Genre: black comedy[8], satirical fiction[9], philosophical fiction[10], dystopian fiction[11]
- Commons category: A Clockwork Orange[12]
- Language of work or name: English[13], Nadsat[14]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[15]
- Publication date: January 1, 1962[16]
- Has edition or translation: A Clockwork Orange[17], Q132411695[18], Q132412346[19]
- Distributed by: Fandango at Home[20]
- Narrative location: England[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:A Clockwork Orange[22]
- Main subject: youth subculture[23], illegal drug[24], unreliable narrator[25], sociopathy[26], free will[27]
- Title: A Clockwork Orange[28]
- Different from: A Clockwork Orange[29]
- First line: “What's it going to be then, eh?” There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, Dim being really dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening, a flip dark chill winter bastard though dry.[30]
- Last line: And all that cal. A terrible grahzny vonny world, really, O my brothers. And so farewell from your little droog. And to all others in this story profound shooms of lipmusic brrrrrr. And they can kiss my sharries. But you, O my brothers, remember sometimes thy little Alex that was. Amen. And all that cal.[31]
- Derivative work: A Clockwork Orange[32], Vinyl[33]
- Form of creative work: novel[34]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
Body
Cultural Impact
Things named for A Clockwork Orange include Moloko[37], a musical duo[38], founded in 1995[39].
Why It Matters
A Clockwork Orange has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include Moloko[37], a musical duo[38], founded in 1995[39].
FAQs
What awards did A Clockwork Orange receive?
Honors received include NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4], Prometheus Award[5], and 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction[6].