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Classics Book Summaries

Mrs. Dalloway Summary
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf 2002 216 pages
3.79
300k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Jungle Book Summary
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling 1992 192 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Fantasy
Rebecca Summary
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier 2013 449 pages
4.25
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Gothic
Romance
The Call of the Wild Summary
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
3.91
400k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Young Adult
Anne of Green Gables Summary
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery 2003 320 pages
4.32
1M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Heart of Darkness Summary
The Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
3.43
500k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Like Water for Chocolate Summary
Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel
3.95
300k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Romance
Historical Fiction
Charlotte’s Web Summary
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White 2001 192 pages
4.20
1.9M+ ratings
Childrens
Classics
Fantasy
A Farewell to Arms Summary
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway 1998 304 pages
3.82
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Summary
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo 2001 512 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Blindness Summary
Blindness
by José Saramago
4.17
300k+ ratings
Dystopia
Classics
Science Fiction
I Who Have Never Known Men Summary
I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman 1998 206 pages
4.22
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Feminism
God Emperor of Dune Summary
God Emperor of Dune
by Frank Herbert 2019 608 pages
3.88
100k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Science Fiction Fantasy
Slaughterhouse-Five Summary
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1999 288 pages
4.10
1.4M+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Historical Fiction
I, Robot Summary
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov 2004 240 pages
4.21
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Short Stories
A Thousand Splendid Suns Summary
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini 2007 372 pages
4.44
1.5M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Novels
Beloved Summary
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 2004 321 pages
3.96
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Sign of Four Summary
The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle
3.89
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull Summary
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
by Richard Bach 1990 96 pages
3.86
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Fantasy
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