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Unlock the more straightforward side of Matilda with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Matilda by Roald Dahl, the story of a young girl with a passion for reading, something which her parents simply cannot understand. She discovers that she has incredible powers and decides to use them to save her favourite teacher, and the whole school, from their terrifying head teacher, Miss Trunchbull....
2) Jacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Jacques the Fatalist with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Jacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot, which follows the eponymous protagonist as he travels with his master towards an unknown destination. Along the way, they find themselves in a series of comical situations, meet a colourful cast of characters and debate a range of philosophical subjects....
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Howards End with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Howards End by E. M. Forster, which tells the story of the idealistic Schlegel sisters and their turbulent relationship with the Wilcoxes, who care only about money and have no qualms about trampling others to get it. Meanwhile, the sisters seek to help the destitute clerk Leonard Bast, but their...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark, which tells the story of a charismatic, unconventional schoolteacher and the students who are in thrall to her. Miss Brodie captivates the girls who make up her "set", but her charm conceals a worrying penchant for fascism and a manipulate...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Misanthrope with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Misanthrope by Molière, a comedy of manners which satirises the hypocrisy and falseness of 17th-century aristocratic society in France. Alceste, the misanthrope of the title, prides himself on his total honesty and frankness, but this puts him at odds with the play's other characters and...
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet, in which the author draws on his own fading memories of his youth to create a rather singular autobiography. The result is an unembellished account of his days as a thief, beggar, smuggler, wanderer, prison inmate and prostitute, written in a lyrical style that finds the beauty in the misfortunes he experienced. Genet himself described the book as an ode to his own holy...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Carrie with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Carrie by Stephen King, a cult horror novel about a young girl who is bullied and isolated by her peers, while also being psychologically abused and neglected by her mother. However, Carrie also has a secret: she has powerful telekinetic powers, and when her tormentors take one of their pranks too far,...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Man in the High Castle with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick, a work of speculative fiction which imagines what the world would be like if the Allies had lost the Second World War. In this alternate history, America is occupied by Nazis and the Japanese, who have divided the continent between them...
9) This Night's Foul Work by Fred Vargas (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of This Night's Foul Work with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of This Night's Foul Work by Fred Vargas, part of her award-winning Commissaire Adamsberg series. In this instalment, Adamsberg and his team must tackle a series of murders in Paris, as well as a spate of grisly killings of stags in rural Normandy, and are plunged into a race against time...
10) The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Charterhouse of Parma with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal, which follows the young Italian Fabrizio del Dongo as he seeks military glory in the ranks of his hero Napoleon Bonaparte. Disillusioned and defeated, he is eventually forced to return to Italy, where he faces trial for murder and imprisonment,...
11) To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, which centres around an ordinary family and their experiences at their holiday home. It unfolds over two days, which are set ten years apart and separated by the First World War, resulting in a profound meditation on the passage of time and the nature of memory. The novel draws heavily on Woolf's own experiences, and a number of its characters are based on members of...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Black Beauty with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, which tells the story of the horse of the title as he moves between different owners, who treat him with varying degrees of kindness and cruelty. Despite the hardship he endures, he does not become embittered and remains determined to do his best no matter the circumstances....
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Journey to the End of the Night with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, which centres around a man who relentlessly chases joy from Africa to New York, before discovering the truth about his pursuit of happiness. Despite controversy due to the novel's unapologetic condemnation of post-war...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, which follows Harry as he faces widespread rejection from the wizarding world, which refuses to believe his claim that Lord Voldemort has returned. The arrival of the sadistic bureaucrat Dolores Umbridge as Hogwarts'...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Go Tell It on the Mountain with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin, a lyrical novel about familial and racial tensions in 20th-century America. It centres on 14-year-old John Grimes and the older members of his family, most of whom have moved North to escape the more violent forms of racism they faced in...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Pnin with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov. The novel's titular character is Professor Timofey Pnin, a Russian émigré who teaches Russian language and literature at the fictional Waindell College in the USA. He is frequently bewildered by the unfamiliar language and customs of his adopted country, is a perennial outsider...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Night and Day with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Night and Day by Virginia Woolf, which explores issues of class, gender and identity through two female characters. Katharine Hilbery is part of an affluent literary family but feels stifled by her situation and craves independence; consequently, she cannot help but envy her acquaintance Mary Datchet,...
18) Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Eugénie Grandet with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac, a novel about a young woman's life in the provinces. Eugénie lives as a virtual prisoner in the house of her father, a wealthy man and noted miser, and is thoughtlessly betrayed by her first love Charles before finally finding independence and peace as...
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, a global bestseller that has been the object of many controversies. In this esoteric thriller, readers follow Robert Langdon, a university professor, as he unravels the course of history to unveil the mystery of the Holy Grail, in a gripping chase that leads him from secret societies to religious conspiracies. It has faced great controversy due to its religious references...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Don't Worry, Life Is Easy with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Don't Worry, Life Is Easy by Agnès Martin-Lugand, which follows Diane, the main character of the author's debut novel Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, as she continues to rebuild her life in the wake of the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter. She is now the owner of a thriving...
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