... Orange stands as a great literary work, yet most copies weigh in at less than three hundred pages. Written by Anthony Burgess, it spans twenty one chapters and serves as a cult classic to this day. The first person story is told by Alex, a youth but of fifteen that spends his nights ... and listens to Beethoven while in the midst of raping a young girl. While the story sounds graphic, and in reality is, the book is not explicit. Part of this arises from the author's brilliant language system, nadsat, which in fact translates to "teenager". Nadsat is a combination of altered russian and o...

• Word Count: 1111
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School