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Emend Press’s plain-English classics

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Emend Press offers classic books retold in contemporary English and restored editions of the originals, free to read online and as ebooks.

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For: Readers who want classic literature in contemporary English
Worth noticing: Entries include estimated reading times and EPUB links; the site says each retelling links back to its original.

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The catalog divides its holdings into retellings and restored editions, and book entries pair authors and dates with estimated reading times and EPUB links. Navigation also includes RSS and an OPDS catalog for e-readers. One Aeschylus entry specifies all seven surviving plays and explains its approach: arguments in fast modern prose, odes in verse, with recurring images such as “the net, the yoke and the lion cub” kept in the same words.

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