Book Summaries

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All Adventure Stories Biographies British Literature England Gothic Fiction
29 Books
Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus cover

Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

fiction 17 min
Middlemarch cover

Middlemarch

Eliot, George

Bildungsromans 27 min
Cranford cover

Cranford

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

England 9 min
Wuthering Heights cover

Wuthering Heights

Brontë, Emily

British Literature 20 min
Romeo and Juliet cover

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare, William

Conflict Of Generations 12 min
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People cover

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Wilde, Oscar

fiction 19 min
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography cover

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Brontë, Charlotte

British Literature 18 min
Pride and Prejudice cover

Pride and Prejudice

Austen, Jane

Courtship 18 min
Romeo and Juliet cover

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare, William

fiction 4 min
The Count of Monte Cristo cover

The Count of Monte Cristo

Dumas, Alexandre

Adventure Stories 11 min