Madame Bovary
Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.
2,400-word summary · 11 min read
literary fiction + tragedy
5 books tagged both “literary fiction” and “tragedy”.
The Virgin Suicides
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
2,559-word summary · 11 min read
White Oleander
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
2,569-word summary · 11 min read
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights retold: Heathcliff and Cathy on the moors, two houses, two generations.
2,056-word summary · 9 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