Dr Strauss says I should rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on.
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(1966)
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
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Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew knowledge was important and had learned to read and write after a fashion, but he also knew he wasn't nearly as bright as most of the people around him. There was even a white mouse named Algernon who outpaced Charlie in some ways. But a remarkable operation had been performed on Algernon, and now he was a genius among mice. Suppose Charlie underwent a similar operation...
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Charlie Gordon, Alice Kinnian, Dr. Nemur, Dr. Strauss, Norma Gordon, AlgernonShowing 11 featured editions. View all 78 editions?
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Des fleurs pour algernon
2008-01-23, J'ai lu
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Flowers for Algernon
2004, Harcourt
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Flores Para Algernon: Ilustraciones De Etienne Delessert
1988, ediciones
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Flowers for Algernon
1978 09, Bantam Books
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in English
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Flowers for Algernon
1975-07, Bantam Books
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- Bantam Edition (97)
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Flowers for Algernon
June 1969, Amsco School Pubns Inc
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Flowers for Algernon
1968-10, Bantam Books
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