Tag: classics

152 books with this tag.

Page 11 of 13

RSS feed: newest “classics” summaries

Often combined with: children (30) · adventure (28) · fantasy (26) · literary fiction (19) · science fiction (18)

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943

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 Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood · 1985

Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale retold: Offred in Gilead, the Commander, Serena Joy, Mayday, and the van.

2,369-word summary · 11 min read

The Giver

Lois Lowry · 1993

Lois Lowry's The Giver retold: Jonas's Assignment, the memories, release, and the sled ride out.

2,510-word summary · 11 min read

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak · 2005

Markus Zusak's The Book Thief retold: Liesel in Molching, Hans and Rosa, Max in the basement, and Death as narrator.

2,560-word summary · 11 min read

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain · 1884

Huck Finn fakes his death, floats the Mississippi with the runaway Jim, and tears up the letter that would betray him. Twain's river classic, its cons and…

2,605-word summary · 12 min read

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut · 1969

Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.

2,722-word summary · 12 min read

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare · 1597

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

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck · 1937

Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men retold: George and Lennie on a California ranch, the dream farm, and why mercy ends it.

2,237-word summary · 10 min read