[Tasaio]

Greetings

As part of my own personal growth, I'm reading as much classic literature as I can. At the moment, I'm reading Shakespeare's plays.

I'm now on "The Tempest". Unfortunately, this play has the *most* archaic English I've encountered so far. I find it very difficult to understand what the characters are saying -- let alone maintain interest.

The truth is, I'm only reading these "classics" because they're identified as such -- I can't honestly say I'm enjoying all of them.

Besides Shakespeare, I'd also like to read Jules Verne, Sir Thomas Mallory, and the Canterbury Tales.

My understanding is that Photoreading works best for non-fiction books -- in particular, those written in modern English. I doubt it would help me here.

I think the main problem is that I'm unable to read this older English *quickly* -- I'm normally a fast reader of novels, and the crawling pace of translation is driving me insane.

For those who have read classics, how do you read -- and understand -- them in a manageable about of time?

Thanks in advance

Tasaio