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Literature Book Summaries

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Summary
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
4.06
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Childrens
Emma Bovary (Major Literary Characters) Summary
Emma Bovary (Major Literary Characters)
by Harold Bloom 1993 222 pages
3.70
300k+ ratings
Classics
France
Literature
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1999 610 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare & Illustrated
by William Shakespeare
3.75
100k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Persuación Summary
Persuación
by Jane Austen
4.15
700k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Historical
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics) Summary
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics)
by Charles Dickens 1998 544 pages
3.79
800k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Dante's Inferno (The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell) Summary
Dante's Inferno (The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell)
by Dante Alighieri 2009 102 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
Gone with the Wind Summary
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
4.31
1.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
The Invisible Man (Signet Classics) Summary
The Invisible Man (Signet Classics)
by H.G. Wells 2002 192 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
4.21
800k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library) Summary
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare 2004 256 pages
3.94
500k+ ratings
Plays
Fantasy
School
Lady Chatterley's Lover Summary
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence 1983 376 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Romance
Classics
Literature
White Fang Summary
White Fang
by Jack London
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Animals
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Summary
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey
4.20
700k+ ratings
Classics
Psychology
Literature
The Sun Also Rises Summary
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
3.79
400k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 2004 352 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
The Red Badge of Courage Summary
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane 2004 152 pages
3.29
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
War
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
3.91
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
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