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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Aeneid with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Aeneid by Virgil, an epic poem telling the tale of Aeneas, the mythical founder of Rome, and the many adventures he encounters. Throughout his journey, Aeneas faces many battles and difficult decisions; especially the decision between love and his mission to found Rome. Widely considered to be...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of After with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of After by Anna Todd, the passionate and captivating tale of an innocent young girl who goes to university and meets a mysterious boy. He introduces her to her sexuality and teaches her about life, love and relationships but can she really trust this 'bad boy'? After, a series of novels, first began as a...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the story of a young girl who falls down a rabbit hole and ends up in a strange land inhabited by odd creatures, and where nothing is as it seems. This picturesque tale has delighted both children and adults for generations....
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Around the World in Eighty Days with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, the story of an English gentleman who makes a bet that he can travel the world's circumference in eighty days and embarks on an adventure of cultural exploration, love and chase, all with the police hot on his trail. It is a pioneering...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Art of War with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, a centuries-old and still vastly influential treatise on military strategy, which undoubtedly remains applicable to modern warfare, psychology and business strategy. Although its first translation into a European language was only in 1782, the book's significance was...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, a moving account of how two young Chinese men discover love and Western literature after the Communist regime sends them to a remote mountain village to be reeducated. As well as offering piercing social commentary...
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Blindness tells the story of a group of people who, for some unknown reason, suddenly lose their sight. They are all sent to an asylum where the inmates quickly turn to violence and force to get what they want. As tensions grow and people become increasingly dehumanized, everybody wants to escape. But without knowing what caused the blindness epidemic, how can anybody...
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Body and Soul focuses on Claude Rawlings, a young boy being raised by a single mother who abandons him. He has a difficult childhood, but everything changes when he finds an old piano and discovers his incredible talent. The story follows Claude for the next two decades of his life, as his talent develops and he begins to find his way in life and love.
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Bridget Jones's Diary with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding, which follows a thirtysomething single woman in London as she embarks on a series of disastrous romantic relationships and, despite her best intentions, flounders in her professional life. With a memorable cast of characters, including Mark Darcy,...
70) The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Call of the Wild with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Call of the Wild by Jack London, which follows Buck the dog's journey as he learns about life in the wild and how to survive in the brutal wilderness. It is a celebration of London's own experiences in the American Far North and has been published in 47 languages, as well as being adapted...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Castle with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Castle by Franz Kafka, which tells the story of a man opposing a powerful administrative machine in an absurd struggle to give meaning to his existence. Although Kafka never finished the novel, it is one of his most famous works thanks to its dark and surrealist themes. It tackles alienation...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Castle of the Carpathians with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Castle of the Carpathians by Jules Verne, which is set in Transylvania, Romania and tells the story of the mysterious and frightening things that begin to occur at an abandoned castle. The villagers are terrified as nobody knows what is causing these sudden, strange happenings...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dhal, a world-renowned children's novel in which a poor and famished young boy is rewarded for his virtue. It depicts the wondrous world of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and its eccentric owner. This children's novel has since been...
74) The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Charterhouse of Parma with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal, which follows the young Italian Fabrizio del Dongo as he seeks military glory in the ranks of his hero Napoleon Bonaparte. Disillusioned and defeated, he is eventually forced to return to Italy, where he faces trial for murder and imprisonment,...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Claude Gueux with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo, a moving novel in which a man is sentenced to death for having given in to the provocations of a prison Director and killing him. Victor Hugo examines the question of responsibility and guilt and presents a vibrant plea against the death sentence with this striking representation...
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, a world-renowned French novel in which an honest young man becomes a victim of the interests of others, and becomes the doom of his tormentors. This gripping adventure story is set against the background of 19th century French Parisian society and offers a social critique as well as a thrilling story. Dumas is one of the most widely read French authors, with...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Cousin Bette with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac, which tells the story of a woman driven by jealousy to try and destroy her cousin's family by any means possible. Along with her beautiful but malicious friend, Bette schemes to push the Hulot family into infidelity, betrayal and financial ruin. Cousin Bette stands...
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This engaging summary presents the story of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which revolves around Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash, and then follows his mental anguish as he is beset with deep psychological suffering that leads to paranoia and madness. A literary sensation upon its publication and still widely read today,...
79) Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Cyrano de Bergerac with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, a dazzling play centered on the larger-than-life character of Cyrano de Bergerac, a poet, soldier, lover, and champion. He begins an elaborate deception with his friend Christian de Neuvillette, to whom he lends his poetic talents to help him woo the beautiful...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Dangerous Liaisons with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, the renowned story of two libertines who decide to corrupt an innocent young girl and a devout wife. The novel was truly scandalous at the time of its publication, and was even censored for many years due to its risqué nature; however, it...
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