The Stranger
Meursault buries his mother, kills a man on an Algiers beach, and faces trial for seeming to feel nothing.
2,417-word summary · 11 min read
classics + philosophy
17 books tagged both “classics” and “philosophy”.
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Brave New World
Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.
2,513-word summary · 11 min read
The Little Prince
Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince retold: a pilot, a rose, the fox, and what matters is invisible.
2,492-word summary · 11 min read
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray retold: Basil paints, Henry talks, wish holds youth while canvas bears years.
2,061-word summary · 9 min read
The Alchemist
The Alchemist from start to finish: Santiago's dream, the Personal Legend, the crystal merchant, the desert, and the treasure that was never where he thought.…
2,166-word summary · 10 min read