Mansfield Park
Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.
2,389-word summary · 11 min read
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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
Klara and the Sun
Solar robot Klara loves Josie and bargains with the Sun to save her.
2,251-word summary · 10 min read
Homegoing
Half sisters Effia and Esi lines span Ghana to America across centuries.
2,552-word summary · 11 min read
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And the Mountains Echoed
When Abdullah and Pari are split in 1952 Afghanistan, their parting echoes across decades from Kabul to Paris to California in linked stories of loss and…
2,572-word summary · 11 min read
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An American Marriage
Newlywed Roy is wrongly imprisoned and Celestial loves Andre while waiting.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read
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Americanah
Ifemelu leaves Nigeria for America on a scholarship, blogs about race and hair, while Obinze endures undocumented London until they reunite years later in…
2,527-word summary · 11 min read
Cutting for Stone
Twin surgeon brothers come of age in Ethiopia and America in Verghese's sweeping medical saga.
2,664-word summary · 12 min read
The Sun Also Rises
Jake Barnes drifts through Paris bars and Pamplona bullfights with Brett Ashley and a wounded generation.
3,187-word summary · 14 min read
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Born with a perfect nose in 1738 Paris, Grenouille masters perfume craft then murders young women in Grasse to bottle the ultimate scent.
2,561-word summary · 11 min read
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
A young art graduate tries to sleep for a year with pills and Reva while the city drifts toward 2001.
3,146-word summary · 14 min read
Kafka on the Shore
Fifteen year old Kafka Tamura flees Tokyo while old Nakata, who talks to cats, drifts toward the same library town in Shikoku in parallel.
2,496-word summary · 11 min read