The Two Towers
Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan.
2,284-word summary · 10 min read
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The Stranger
Meursault buries his mother, kills a man on an Algiers beach, and faces trial for seeming to feel nothing.
2,417-word summary · 11 min read
The Secret Garden
Sour Mary Lennox lands at Misselthwaite Moor from India, finds a locked garden with Dickon, and pulls sickly Colin to his feet.
2,036-word summary · 9 min read
The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne wears an A for adultery while Dimmesdale hides his part in Boston.
2,881-word summary · 13 min read
The Return of the King
Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.
3,341-word summary · 15 min read
The Princess Bride
Buttercup loses Westley to pirates and is forced to marry Prince Humperdinck in Florin.
3,412-word summary · 15 min read
The Old Man and the Sea
Off Cuba, old Santiago rows out after 84 empty days, hooks a great marlin, and holds on for three days alone.
2,593-word summary · 12 min read
The Odyssey
Homer's Odyssey in Fagles translation: Odysseus fights home past Cyclops, Circe, and Sirens while Telemachus seeks news and Penelope stalls suitors in Ithaca.…
2,504-word summary · 11 min read
The Metamorphosis
Gregor Samsa wakes as an insect, cannot go to work, and watches his family shift from shock to cold relief.
2,295-word summary · 10 min read
The Grapes of Wrath
The Joads lose their Oklahoma farm and drive to California for work that is not there.
3,400-word summary · 15 min read
The Giving Tree
A boy and a tree grow older together as he takes her apples, branches, and trunk until only a stump remains.
2,249-word summary · 10 min read
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes escapes Chateau d'If and returns as the Count to repay friends and ruin betrayers.
3,879-word summary · 17 min read