Lolita
Humbert Humbert confesses his obsession with Dolores Haze and the road trip that ruins them.
2,706-word summary · 12 min read
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Hamlet
Hamlet sees his father's ghost in Elsinore and pretends madness to test Claudius and Gertrude while Denmark slides toward duel and death.
2,996-word summary · 13 min read
Anna Karenina
Anna leaves Karenin for Vronsky while Levin seeks faith and farming outside Moscow.
3,942-word summary · 18 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
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet retold: Verona feud, balcony, Friar's plan, and why the last minutes collapse.
2,531-word summary · 11 min read
Of Mice and Men
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men retold: George and Lennie on a California ranch, the dream farm, and why mercy ends it.
2,237-word summary · 10 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