Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Raoul Duke and Gonzo binge Vegas covering Mint 400 and drug conference.
2,443-word summary · 11 min read
classics + satire
12 books tagged both “classics” and “satire”.
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
The Master and Margarita
Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read
The Screwtape Letters
A senior devil advises his nephew Wormwood on tempting an ordinary Englishman away from faith and attention.
2,489-word summary · 11 min read
A Clockwork Orange
Teenage Alex leads his droogs on ultraviolent nights until the state rewrites him with the Ludovico Technique.
1,923-word summary · 9 min read
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rebel McMurphy takes on Nurse Ratched's ward, narrated by the silent Chief Bromden who sees everything.
1,991-word summary · 9 min read
Catch-22
Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him.
3,764-word summary · 17 min read
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
Slaughterhouse-Five
Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.
2,722-word summary · 12 min read
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.
2,253-word summary · 10 min read
Animal Farm
George Orwell's Animal Farm explained: Old Major's vision, the seven commandments, Napoleon's dogs, Boxer, and how all animals end up equal but some more equal.
1,985-word summary · 9 min read
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice through Elizabeth Bennet: Darcy's first proposal, Wickham's story, Lady Catherine's visit, and how Austen turns manners into a plot about…
2,494-word summary · 11 min read