Little House on the Prairie
The Ingalls family leaves Wisconsin for Kansas, builds a log house, and faces wolves, fire, and fever.
3,002-word summary · 13 min read
classics + survival
7 books tagged both “classics” and “survival”.
Robinson Crusoe
Shipwrecked near South America, Crusoe spends 28 years farming, building, praying, and facing who he becomes alone.
2,520-word summary · 11 min read
The Plague
Oran is sealed after plague breaks out, and Dr Rieux treats the dying while neighbors face exile, fear, and small acts of care.
3,177-word summary · 14 min read
The War of the Worlds
A Surrey writer watches Martians land in cylinders, march on London in tripods, and fall to Earth's smallest life.
2,667-word summary · 12 min read
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Left alone on San Nicolas Island for eighteen years, Karana builds shelter, faces wild dogs, and finds company with Rontu.
2,559-word summary · 11 min read
The Call of the Wild
Stolen pet Buck learns club and fang on the Klondike trail from Perrault to Thornton and the wolves.
2,489-word summary · 11 min read
Lord of the Flies
William Golding's Lord of the Flies retold: Ralph and Jack, the conch, the beast, Simon, Piggy, and why the rescue is no relief.
2,254-word summary · 10 min read