Barthes is Difficult

Hey Digitalers,

I'm on the third page of the Roland Barthes article, "From Work to Text," and am finding it difficult to read. At first I thought the "text" was some sort of abstract category from which the physical "thingness" of a book was separated, but as the article went on, I started to get the impression that there was some hierarchy going on--are all things written works, but not all works texts? I am only saying this (a) to ask if anyone else does have an idea of what the text says so that he/she may explain to me, and to put it out there that I'm having trouble with this work.