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Cancer Ward Summary
Cancer Ward
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1967 576 pages
4.26
17k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Into the Woods Summary
Into the Woods
A Five Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke 2013 256 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Crafts
The Poetry of Robert Frost Summary
The Poetry of Robert Frost
by Robert Frost 1969 607 pages
4.24
48k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Literature
Preface to Shakespeare Summary
Preface to Shakespeare
by Samuel Johnson 1778 68 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Classics
Literary Criticism
Essays
Blue Bamboo Summary
Blue Bamboo
Japanese Tales of Fantasy
by Osamu Dazai 1993 184 pages
3.73
2k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
Jitterbug Perfume Summary
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins 1984 342 pages
4.23
79k+ ratings
Fantasy
Humor
Magical Realism
The Iliad / The Odyssey Summary
The Iliad / The Odyssey
by Homer 1556 pages
4.07
81k+ ratings
Poetry
Mythology
Classics
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Ernest Hemingway 1927 153 pages
3.59
14k+ ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Literature
The Shadow of a Great Rock Summary
The Shadow of a Great Rock
A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible
by Harold Bloom 2011 320 pages
3.47
100+ ratings
Religion
Literary Criticism
History
Brisbane Summary
Brisbane
by Eugene Vodolazkin 2018 343 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Russia
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda Summary
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
by Pablo Neruda 1951 1040 pages
4.44
20k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romance
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages
4.20
9k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Christ in Concrete Summary
Christ in Concrete
by Pietro Di Donato 1937 236 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Pleasures of the Damned Summary
The Pleasures of the Damned
by Charles Bukowski 2007 557 pages
4.35
6k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
American
The Old Capital Summary
The Old Capital
by Yasunari Kawabata 1962 160 pages
3.73
7k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained Summary
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
by John Milton 1667 400 pages
4.07
7k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Literature
The Death of Virgil Summary
The Death of Virgil
by Hermann Broch 1945 493 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
German Literature
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Summary
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain 1889 480 pages
3.77
100k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller 1934 318 pages
3.66
75k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A Retelling
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Historical Fiction
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