Frankenstein
Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.
1,901-word summary · 8 min read
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Fahrenheit 451
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
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
Dracula
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'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
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
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
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
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby through Nick Carraway: Gatsby's parties, the green light, Daisy and Tom, and why Fitzgerald's 1925 novel ends as a judgment on the American…
2,501-word summary · 11 min read
The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye explained: Holden's weekend in New York, the phony adults, Phoebe's carousel, and why readers keep coming back to him.
2,477-word summary · 11 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