Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read But Probably Didn't

By John Atkinson

Book Overview

A collection of irreverent summations of more than 100 well-known works of literature, from Anna Karenina to Wuthering Heights, cleverly described in the fewest words possible and accompanied with funny color illustrations.

Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't is packed with dozens of humorous super-condensed summations of some of the most famous works of literature from many of the world's most revered authors, including William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Emily Bront , Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, James Joyce, Plato, Ernest Hemingway, Dan Brown, Ayn Rand, and Herman Melville.

From Old ladies convince a guy to ruin Scotland (Macbeth) to Everyone is sad. It snows. (War and Peace), these clever, humorous synopses are sure to make book lovers smile.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062747851
• ISBN13: 9780062747853
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 7.9"