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The Wind in the Willows Summary

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame 1908 197 pages

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo Summary

On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

by Friedrich Nietzsche 1887 367 pages

German Literature

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Summary

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

by Judy Blume 1970 149 pages

Ishmael Summary

An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

by Daniel Quinn 1992 266 pages

Silence Summary

by Shūsaku Endō 1966 219 pages

Historical Fiction

Japanese Literature

The Bell Summary

by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages

British Literature

How We Think Summary

by John Dewey 1910 240 pages

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages

Hopscotch Summary

by Julio Cortázar 1963 564 pages

Spanish Literature

Cranford Summary

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages

Historical Fiction

Dialogues and Essays Summary

Dialogues and Essays

by Seneca 304 pages

Relativity Summary

The Special and the General Theory

by Albert Einstein 1916 130 pages

The Mis-Education of the Negro Summary

The Mis-Education of the Negro

by Carter G. Woodson 1933 215 pages

Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

by John Fante 1938 266 pages

Anne Frank Summary

by Melissa Müller 1998 330 pages

The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint Summary

The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint

by William Shakespeare 1609 458 pages

To the Lighthouse Summary

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf 1927 209 pages

Bartleby the Scrivener Summary

Bartleby the Scrivener

by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages

Becoming a Writer Summary

Becoming a Writer

by Dorothea Brande 1934 192 pages

A Hero of Our Time Summary

A Hero of Our Time

by Mikhail Lermontov 1839 185 pages

Russian Literature

A Christmas Carol Summary

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens 1843 184 pages

The Custom of the Country Summary

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages

Historical Fiction

The Death of Virgil Summary

The Death of Virgil

by Hermann Broch 1945 493 pages

Historical Fiction

German Literature

The Arabian Nights Summary

The Arabian Nights

Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

by Anonymous 982 pages

The Phantom of the Opera Summary

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pages

The Manual Summary

A Philosopher's Guide to Life

by Epictetus 60 pages

Tortilla Flat Summary

by John Steinbeck 1935 256 pages

Historical Fiction

Benito Cereno Summary

by Herman Melville 1855 160 pages

Angela’s Ashes Summary

Angela’s Ashes

by Frank McCourt 1996 452 pages

The Hobbit, Part One Summary

The Hobbit, Part One

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1937 230 pages

Middlemarch Summary

by George Eliot 1872 912 pages

Historical Fiction

Nervous Conditions Summary

Nervous Conditions

by Tsitsi Dangarembga 1988 204 pages

Historical Fiction

The House of God Summary

The House of God

by Samuel Shem 1978 397 pages

by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages

Don Juan Summary

by Molière 1665 146 pages

جوهر الإنسان Summary

جوهر الإنسان

by Erich Fromm 1944 203 pages

Caligula and Three Other Plays Summary

Caligula and Three Other Plays

by Albert Camus 1949 302 pages

The Transit of Venus Summary

The Transit of Venus

by Shirley Hazzard 1980 337 pages

Historical Fiction

The Awakening Summary

by Kate Chopin 1899 195 pages

The Horse Whisperer Summary

The Horse Whisperer

by Nicholas Evans 1995 451 pages

The Palace of Dreams Summary

The Palace of Dreams

by Ismail Kadare 1981 208 pages

The Reader Summary

by Bernhard Schlink 1995 216 pages

Historical Fiction

German Literature

Villette Summary

by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages

by William Beckford 1786 180 pages

Immortality Summary

by Milan Kundera 1990 400 pages

Czech Literature

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy Summary

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

by René Descartes 1637 103 pages

Introduction to Metaphysics Summary

Introduction to Metaphysics

by Martin Heidegger 1929 254 pages

German Literature

Twelve Years a Slave Summary

Twelve Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup 1853 363 pages

Life and Fate Summary

by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages

Historical Fiction

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays Summary

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays

by Tennessee Williams 1955 329 pages

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