Please advice about how to understand Novels better!:(

I love reading stories,all kinds of stories...But the problem is that I find it hard to understand Novels, even though my English is perfect.

Any advice about how to understand the strange,words or "sentences" put in a strange order?

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

If you are having difficulty understanding historical novels because of the vocabulary or word order, there are plenty of study aids to help. The best advice I guess is to read lots by a particular author, or in a particular genre, to increase your familiarity and understanding of the literary style.

Or you could post things you don't understand here for discussion. It's always good to share ideas 🙂

peterlee · M

@SunshineGirl Some modern literary writers have their own subset of vocabulary which I have to look up when reading.

Ian McEwen for one. But then what do you expect for someone who went to Sussex. Which he describes in Blue Tooth, as something between a holiday camp and a building site in the sixties

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@peterlee That's what a good novel does, transport us to another place, time, viewed through someone else's eyes.

I'm reading Moll Flanders right now, getting to grips with the vocabulary of late 17th century London.