Candide
Voltaire's Candide follows a sheltered boy across earthquakes, wars, and Eldorado as his tutor's sunny optimism falls apart. Short, savage, and still funny.
2,614-word summary · 12 min read
philosophy + satire
4 books tagged both “philosophy” and “satire”.
Don Quixote
A poor gentleman maddened by knight romances rides out as Don Quixote with Sancho Panza, until the world answers back.
3,785-word summary · 17 min read
The Screwtape Letters
A senior devil advises his nephew Wormwood on tempting an ordinary Englishman away from faith and attention.
2,489-word summary · 11 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