a question about reading level of English natives

[MEHRANQ]

Is it easy to read high level novels for English natives?

When I say high level I mean 10, 11, 12 level scores by Lexile measure. For example I found many archaic vocabulary in the "Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne that I think majority of English native don't know their meaning.

 

[emsr2d2]

@MEHRANQ Please click on "Edit" and make the following corrections to your post:

1. Remove the capital letter from the beginning of common nouns (except at the start of a sentence).
2. Capitalise the first word of every new sentence.
3. Capitalise the word "I" (first person singular pronoun) every time it appears.
4. Capitalise all proper nouns (for example, the names of languages).
5. Look very carefully at your spelling. There are some very basic errors. It's probably a good idea to install an English spell-checker on your browser.

 

[probus]

To answer your question @MEHRANQ, yes it is easy. We may run across an occasional word we aren't familiar with, but then it's quick and easy to consult a dictionary. Even better than a single dictionary is onelook.com, a compendium of dictionaries that learners should bookmark.

 

[Piscean]

I don't entirely agree with probus. I think many native speakers have difficulties with 'high level' books and indeed anything written more than a century ago. I use a dictionary every day, but I suspect that most people never consult one.

 

[Tarheel]

**much archaic vocabulary
**the majority of native English-speakers

 

[emsr2d2]

Is it easy for native English speakers to read high-level novels? for English natives?

When I say high level, I mean 10, 11, 12 level scores by using the Lexile measure. For example, I found many a lot of archaic vocabulary in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne that and I think the majority of native English native speakers don't know their meaning wouldn't understand it.

Note my corrections above.

"Vocabulary" is an uncountable noun so you can't use "many" before it.

 

[Rover_KE]

I found many archaic words in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne ...

Such as?

 

[probus]

A good example is fain. It occurs at least three times in the Scarlet Letter as part of the phrase would fain, meaning would gladly.