Our mission is understanding.

In school, we all read some number of books categorized as classic literature. Generally, these are somewhat difficult, we don’t really get it, and we decide they’re not quite understandable.

Unfortunately, this consideration can then spread to other studies and become a general learning issue. Not to mention that we missed out on the grandeur, joy, and adventure contained in these books that have kept them around for over 100 years.

Fortunately, in almost all cases, the root of those troubles was not with us and was not with the book. It lies with the words: slang from many generations ago, and specialized terms we would have no way of knowing.

For example, reading the phrase “so round this spinney went Pooh and Piglet” without understanding what a spinney is makes no sense. Knowing that it’s “a small area covered by trees or bushes” brings sudden clarity. Multiply that a few hundred times over the course of a book, and you understand the difference a comprehensive glossary can make.

Our mission is to help all students and readers, young and old, from all walks of life, to understand and appreciate the literary classics. Hopefully, this makes study fun and easy, which builds certainty and confidence. That certainty and confidence can then carry over to other subjects, too.

Peter Oram
Founder