The Importance of Being Earnest
Jack and Algernon invent Ernest to court Gwendolen and Cecily until fiction collapses.
2,538-word summary · 11 min read
classics + plays
6 books tagged both “classics” and “plays”.
Othello
Iago's lies drive the Moor of Venice to murder his innocent wife in Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy.
2,409-word summary · 11 min read
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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
Hamlet
Hamlet sees his father's ghost in Elsinore and pretends madness to test Claudius and Gertrude while Denmark slides toward duel and death.
2,996-word summary · 13 min read
Macbeth
Macbeth hears witches hail him king and murders Duncan with Lady Macbeth pushing him on.
4,056-word summary · 18 min read
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet retold: Verona feud, balcony, Friar's plan, and why the last minutes collapse.
2,531-word summary · 11 min read