classics + comedy

4 books tagged both “classics” and “comedy”.

Oscar Wilde · 1895

Jack and Algernon invent Ernest to court Gwendolen and Cecily until fiction collapses.

2,538-word summary · 11 min read

William Shakespeare · 1600

Four lovers flee to a forest where fairies mix them up, while workmen rehearse a play for a duke's wedding.

2,597-word summary · 12 min read

Jane Austen · 1815

Emma Woodhouse matchmakes Harriet Smith in Highbury while missing Mr Knightley beside her.

3,369-word summary · 15 min read

Douglas Adams · 1979

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.

2,253-word summary · 10 min read