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- Author: Daniel Keyes
- Genre: Science Fiction
- Publication: 1959 (short story) and 1966 (novel)
- Publisher: Harcourt
- Pages: 216
- ISBN 0-15-131510-8
- Short story won the Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction
- Novel won 1966 Nebula Award
- Adapted into numerous plays, films, radio programs and television shows
- Actor Cliff Robertson won an Academy Award and NBR Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Charly in the film adaption of the same name
- Novel banned in some schools due to sexual content
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Flowers for Algernon is a fictional story about Charlie Gordon, a developmentally disabled man who undergoes experimental treatment to improve his intelligence.
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Plot Synopsis
The story follows Charlie, a slo-witted janitor and delivery boy who undergoes an experimental surgery to become more intelligent. The same type of surgery had recently been successfully performed on a lab mouse, Algernon. At the peak of his growth, Algernon begins to exhibit behavioral problems and eventually reverts to his former state just before dying. Charlie, now capable of understanding the theory and scientific consequences of the original experiment, realizes that the same thing will soon happen to him. -
Critical Reception
- "A tale that is convincing, suspectful and touching..." - New York Times
- "This novel should be on your 'must read' list." - Palm Beach Post-Times
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Flowers for Algernon Questions
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Flowers for Algernon Adaptations
- The majority of the following links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1961: The Two Worlds of Charly Gordon (Television)
- 1968: Charly (Film)
- 1969: Flowers for Algernon (Play)
- 1979: Charlie and Algernon (Musical)
- 2000: Flowers for Algernon (Television Film)
- 2006: Hello God (Korean Television Series)
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8th graders--Newspaper article based on "Flowers for Algernon" and a new vocabulary word.
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Flowers For Algernon Movie Cliff Robertson - Forums http://bit.ly/bT5glv
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I totally deserve a fist bump for shoehorning a Flowers for Algernon reference into my latest column. That took some doing.
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Call Me Joe, A Work of Art, Dogfight, Flowers for Algernon, There Will Come Soft Rains, The Flying Machine, and Dragon. I think that's it.
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