Should some classics be re-written?
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Re: Should some classics be re-written?
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I agree. I love the No Fear Shakespeare series. They got me through English Lit. class!rumik wrote: ↑04 Jul 2019, 18:51 I think it's equally important to get young people interested in classics but also to preserve the original as much as possible. A good balance would be those books that have both the original along with a modern "translation" side by side, so readers can enjoy the best of both worlds.
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I'll always prefer the originals, though. Macbeth and what we have of Beowulf are favorites of mine.