Flowers for Algernon

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With more than five million copies sold, "Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scie…

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Title Statements

Full title :Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1987

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Mariner Books , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1987

Notes

Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966.

"A Harvest book."

The Physical Object

Description:311 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0156030306, 9780156030304, 9781417670802, 1417670800
oclc:on1002305771
LC Classification:PS3561.E769

Subjects

Brain -- Fiction. -- Surgery Brain -- surgery Cerveau -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. -- C… Fiction Gifted persons Gifted persons -- Fiction People with mental disabilities People with mental disabilities -- Fict… Personnes ayant une déficience intellec… Psychological fiction Science fiction Surdoués -- Romans, nouvelles, etc