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Persuasion Summary

by Jane Austen 1817 249 pages

Historical Fiction

The Journey to the West, Volume 1 Summary

The Journey to the West, Volume 1

by Wu Cheng'en 1592 544 pages

Sophie’s World Summary

Sophie’s World

by Jostein Gaarder 1991 403 pages

A History of Western Philosophy Summary

A History of Western Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages

A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary

A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6

by Arnold J. Toynbee 1947 640 pages

Great Expectations Summary

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens 1861 544 pages

Historical Fiction

Kybalion Summary

A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

by Three Initiates 1912 223 pages

Inferno Summary

by Dante Alighieri 1320 490 pages

The Satanic Verses Summary

The Satanic Verses

by Salman Rushdie 1988 561 pages

Magical Realism

Gone with the Wind Summary

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell 1936 1037 pages

Historical Fiction

The Invisible Man Summary

The Invisible Man

by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages

Science Fiction

Atonement Summary

by Ian McEwan 2001 351 pages

Historical Fiction

Howl’s Moving Castle Summary

Howl’s Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones 1986 329 pages

The House on Mango Street Summary

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros 1984 110 pages

Illusions Summary

The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

by Richard Bach 1977 144 pages

The Castle Summary

by Franz Kafka 1926 328 pages

German Literature

The Martian Chronicles Summary

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury 1950 182 pages

Science Fiction

شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة Summary

شجرتي شجرة البرتقال الرائعة

by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 1968 245 pages

In Cold Blood Summary

by Truman Capote 1966 343 pages

Hatchet Summary

by Gary Paulsen 1987 208 pages

The Will to Power Summary

The Will to Power

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1901 575 pages

Norse Mythology Summary

Norse Mythology

by Neil Gaiman 2017 301 pages

Zeno's Conscience Summary

Zeno's Conscience

by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages

Italian Literature

The War of the Worlds Summary

The War of the Worlds

by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages

Science Fiction

A Grief Observed Summary

A Grief Observed

by C.S. Lewis 1961 76 pages

by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages

Historical Fiction

African American

The Prophet Summary

by Kahlil Gibran 1923 127 pages

The Hound of the Baskervilles Summary

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages

by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924 256 pages

Science Fiction

Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey Summary

Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey

by Ingersoll Lockwood 1893 268 pages

Democracy and Social Ethics Summary

Democracy and Social Ethics

by Jane Addams 1902 88 pages

Ancient Greece Summary

From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times

by Thomas R. Martin 1992 254 pages

Ancient History

Heart of Darkness Summary

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad 1899 188 pages

Historical Fiction

by Johanna Spyri 1880 352 pages

A Room with a View Summary

A Room with a View

by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages

Historical Fiction

The Tempest Summary

by William Shakespeare 1611 218 pages

King Lear Summary

by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages

To the Lighthouse Summary

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages

Lady Chatterley’s Lover Summary

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by D.H. Lawrence 1928 376 pages

Waiting for Godot Summary

Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett 1952 109 pages

White Fang Summary

by Jack London 1906 252 pages

The Gay Science Summary

The Gay Science

With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1882 396 pages

German Literature

The Varieties of Religious Experience Summary

The Varieties of Religious Experience

by William James 1902 519 pages

Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary

Self-Reliance and Other Essays

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages

Twilight of the Idols Summary

Twilight of the Idols

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1889 128 pages

German Literature

The Analects Summary

by Confucius 249 pages

Candide Summary

by Voltaire 1759 129 pages

The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary

The Logic of Scientific Discovery

by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages

The Outsiders Summary

by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages

The Dhammapada Summary

by Anonymous 114 pages

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