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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

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Sun Tzu
China, 5th century BC
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
St. Petersburg, 1866
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H. G. Wells
London, 1895
8 Book
Frances Hodgson Burnett
New York, London, 1911
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Ernest Hemingway
New York, 1952
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Alexandre Dumas
Paris, 1844
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
New York, 1925
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George Orwell
London, 1949
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Bram Stoker
London, 1897
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Marcel Proust
Paris, 1913-1927
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Wilkie Collins
London, 1860
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Romeo and Juliet

The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
London, 1597