White Oleander
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
2,569-word summary · 11 min read
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The Virgin Suicides
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
2,559-word summary · 11 min read
Nineteen Minutes
Sterling High student Peter Haddon commits a school shooting and lawyer Jordan McAfee defends him while Josie Cormier hides truth.
2,267-word summary · 10 min read
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
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A Thousand Boy Kisses
Poppy and Rune bind promise jar kisses before illness parts them.
2,585-word summary · 11 min read
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A Farewell to Arms
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
2,502-word summary · 11 min read
Othello
Iago's lies drive the Moor of Venice to murder his innocent wife in Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy.
2,409-word summary · 11 min read
If He Had Been with Me
Childhood friends Autumn and Finn drift apart in high school until one August night changes everything.
2,785-word summary · 12 min read
East of Eden
In California's Salinas Valley, the Trasks and Hamiltons replay Cain and Abel through love, betrayal, and the hard choice to rise above the past across two…
2,734-word summary · 12 min read
Flowers for Algernon
Charlie Gordon's experimental surgery makes him a genius, then the mouse Algernon starts to slip.
2,074-word summary · 9 min read
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bruno moves to Out-With and befriends Shmuel through a camp fence without understanding it.
3,101-word summary · 14 min read
Macbeth
Macbeth hears witches hail him king and murders Duncan with Lady Macbeth pushing him on.
4,056-word summary · 18 min read