#classics
vocabularyIs Pride and Prejudice Hard to Read? It's the Sentences, Not the Words
Pride and Prejudice isn't hard because of its words — you'll recognise about 97 in every 100. The difficulty is Austen's long sentences and her irony.
vocabularyIs Dracula Hard to Read? What Actually Makes It Difficult
Dracula reads easier than its reputation suggests. The real difficulty is its dialect voices and its diary structure, not its vocabulary.
vocabularyWhy English Has Two Words for Almost Everything
English keeps a plain Saxon word and a formal Latin one for almost everything — ask and inquire, swine and pork. Here is why, and how to hear it.
vocabularyWhy Moby-Dick Is So Hard to Read (And How to Read It Anyway)
It opens with one of the most famous lines in English — then the difficulty arrives. What actually makes Moby-Dick hard, and how to read it anyway.