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Literary Classics

Step on board the ill-fated Pequod to hunt down an elusive white whale, fall down a rabbit hole and explore a world of wonder, or spend your afternoon as a giant among Lilliputians. Let our literary classics summaries transport you to other worlds. Go beyond the book to learn about the historical settings in which authors were writing, understand why their texts are important and see how their narratives became permanent cultural touchstones for subsequent generations.

Summaries

8 Book
Frances Hodgson Burnett
New York, London, 1911
Book
Sun Tzu
China, 5th century BC
8 Book
Charles Dickens
London, 1843
Book
Wilkie Collins
London, 1860
Book
Ernest Hemingway
New York, 1952
Book
Fyodor Dostoevsky
St. Petersburg, 1866
Book
George Orwell
London, 1949
Book
D. H. Lawrence
London, 1913
Book
Daniel Defoe
London, 1719
Book
John Milton
London, 1667
Book

Romeo and Juliet

The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
London, 1597
Book
Tennessee Williams
Chicago, 1944