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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
I have to disagree with this. I think gradually figuring out the language through context is an important part of the book. Besides, if Burgess had intended for readers to understand every word from the start, he wouldn't have bothered creating a whole slang vocabulary for the book, or he would have at least included a glossary in the original. It took a little to get used to, but I think I enjoyed the book more by figuring it out myself than if I had used a glossary the whole time. Context provides all the necessary clues.
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I dunno.... The first time I read it, there were three or four expressions I couldn't figure out for the life of me. Context provided possible meanings, but nothing definite. Then again, the first time I read it I was 14, so maybe if I were reading it for the first time in college or as a graduate, it might be different....
Well, either way, people should read it, because IMO it's definitely better than 1984. And way better than Brave New World. I'm a little surprised to see how popular that seems to be! I thought it was a little silly and juvenile when I read it the first time, and I was 17.... Didn't improve when I picked it up again, years later, when I was re-reading a whole mess of things I didn't like as a kid, on the assumption that tastes change over time....