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Breakfast at Tiffany's
A writer recalls his 1943 neighbor Holly Golightly, wild and kind, in a Manhattan brownstone, plus three short stories from Capote's 1958 collection.
2,215-word summary · 10 min read
classics + novella
4 books tagged both “classics” and “novella”.
Heart of Darkness
Marlow pilots a steamer up the Congo for a trading company and seeks Kurtz, the brilliant agent who stopped sending ivory and started sending reports no one…
2,315-word summary · 10 min read
The Metamorphosis
Gregor Samsa wakes as an insect, cannot go to work, and watches his family shift from shock to cold relief.
2,295-word summary · 10 min read
The Old Man and the Sea
Off Cuba, old Santiago rows out after 84 empty days, hooks a great marlin, and holds on for three days alone.
2,593-word summary · 12 min read