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Originally Posted by Gazella
Just finished reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess...
A Clockwork Orange is not an easy novel to read by any means. It’s laborious. And all due to the Nadsat (“teenage") argot, which much of the novel is narrated in.
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I really enjoyed this book when I read it many years ago. My edition has a glossary, so that you can translate the Russian-based slang. Doesn't sound like yours has that?
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
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That's the version I have bought. Looking forward to it after your comments.
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Originally Posted by samhy
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray is next on my TBR.
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Next on mine too. Not sure I'll have finished it by the 20th though...