Category: Famous
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Pride and Prejudice – Complete Summary
The information that a wealthy young gentleman by the name of Charles Bingley has rented the estate of Netherfield Park produces a great deal of excitement in the neighbouring village of Longbourn, particularly in the household of the Bennets. The Bennets have five daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia, all of whom are still […]
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The Great Gatsby – Complete Summary
Nick Carraway, a young guy from Minnesota, uproots his life and relocates to New York City in the summer of 1922 in order to gain experience in the bond business. He leases a home in the West Egg neighbourhood of Long Island, which is a prosperous but unfashionable neighbourhood populated by the new rich. The […]
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Jane Eyre- – Complete Summary
Jane Eyre is an orphan who is being brought up by her nasty and affluent aunt, Mrs. Reed. Jane Eyre is a young girl. Bessie, a maidservant, is one of the only people who shows Jane any compassion whatsoever. Bessie entertains Jane by singing songs and telling her stories. One day, as a kind of […]
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Wuthering Heights – Complete Summary
In the latter part of the winter of 1801, a man named Lockwood rents a manor home in England’s remote moor country known as Thrushcross Grange. Here, he is introduced to his gloomy landlord, Heathcliff, a wealthy individual who resides in the historic estate of Wuthering Heights, which is located approximately four miles distant from […]
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Frankenstein – Complete Summary
Robert Walton, the captain of a ship en route to the North Pole, writes a series of letters to his sister in England, updating her on the status of his perilous mission and detailing its various challenges. After an initial period of success, the project was soon derailed as seas filled with insurmountable ice appeared. […]
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Animal Farm – Complete Summary
One night, all of the animals at Mr. Jones’ Manor Farm gather in a barn to listen to old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world in which all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Major’s dream was about a world where all animals live free from […]
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Little Women – Complete Summary
A passage from John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, an allegory novel about living a Christian life that was written in the seventeenth century, serves as the prologue to Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women. The four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, are seen in the opening scene of Alcott’s narrative lamenting their family’s […]
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The Picture of Dorian Gray – Complete Summary
Basil Hallward, an artist, is putting the finishing touches on his most recent portrait, which is of a young man, and he is doing so in his studio in London. Basil refused to answer Lord Henry’s question about the young man’s identity, citing his preference for the matter to remain confidential. Lord Henry is currently […]
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Romeo and Juliet – Complete Summary
Another fight breaks out in the streets of Verona between the servants of the noble families Capulet and Montague, who are engaged in a feud with one another. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to put an end to the fighting, but when Tybalt, a reckless Capulet, arrives on the scene, he finds himself drawn into the […]
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The Catcher in the Rye – Complete Summary
The novel The Catcher in the Rye is set in the 1950s and is told by Holden Caulfield, a young man. While telling the story, Holden is vague about his location, but he makes it clear that he is receiving treatment in a mental hospital or sanatorium. When Holden is sixteen years old, the events […]