Tag: classics

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Lord of the Flies

William Golding · 1954

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

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott · 1868

Alcott's Little Women retold: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March through the Civil War years and beyond.

2,487-word summary · 11 min read

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë · 1847

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre retold: Lowood, Thornfield, the attic secret, and Jane's refusal to shrink.

2,325-word summary · 10 min read

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 1818

Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.

1,901-word summary · 8 min read

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury · 1953

Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 retold: Montag burns books, meets Clarisse, hides books, and follows the river to the readers.

2,336-word summary · 10 min read

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card · 1985

Ender Wiggin trains at Battle School to fight the Formics, winning games that turn out to be real.

2,039-word summary · 9 min read

Dune

Frank Herbert · 1965

Dune retold: Paul leaves Caladan for Arrakis, spice, Fremen, jihad seeded in desert.

2,138-word summary · 10 min read

Dracula

Bram Stoker · 1897

Count Dracula sails for England in letters and diaries, and Van Helsing leads the hunt to stop him.

2,860-word summary · 13 min read

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White · 1952

E. B. White's Charlotte's Web retold: Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, and the words that save him.

2,059-word summary · 9 min read

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley · 1932

Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.

2,513-word summary · 11 min read

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie · 1939

And Then There Were None retold: ten to Soldier Island, rhyme deaths, no one left to tell.

2,137-word summary · 9 min read

The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien · 1937

The Hobbit from Bag End to the Lonely Mountain: Bilbo's riddle game with Gollum, Smaug, the Battle of Five Armies, and how the fairy tale sets up The Lord of…

2,469-word summary · 11 min read