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Originally Posted by jocampo
I must confess I struggle reading English classics or even Bible, in English I mean. Lot of old or deprecated words and English syntax that it's difficult to follow.
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For the Bible there is an easy fix for that. There are plenty of contemporary language translations available. Go pick up a copy of the NET bible. It's a pretty good translation and it's free. bible.org
I think this is valid since if you're reading the bible as an aid in understanding the other works, you don't need to get the phrasing exactly right (the KJV bible is actually kind of a rotten translation anyway), but to get the stories and names and such that many western authors assumed to be common knowledge when writing their stuff.