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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, which tells the riveting tale of a man whose ship sinks during a voyage. He manages to swim to a desert island but is the only survivor and so spends the next three decades all alone on the island. But is he...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Q & A with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Q & A by Vikas Swarup, which tells the story of an uneducated young Indian man who unexpectedly wins a fortune on a quiz show. Accused of cheating, he is forced to explain how he knew the answer to each question by retelling the story of his life so far. While readers may not be familiar with its original...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The First Man with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The First Man by Albert Camus, which tells the true story of the father he never knew and his search to discover what sort of man he had been, in order to find himself. The incomplete manuscript was found in the mud following Camus's fatal car crash in 1960, and was later published by his daughter....
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Americanah tells you what you need to know before or after you read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie includes: • Chapter-by-chapter overview • Profiles of the main characters • Themes and symbols...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Death Is My Trade with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Death is My Trade by Robert Merle, a brilliant novel in which the author, inspired by his own experience of imprisonment in Germany and the accounts of the Nuremberg trials, chooses to look at the horror of the death camps from the perspective of an S.S. officer. An intriguing psychological...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Macbeth with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a world famous tragedy and a gripping story of murder and fate, in which a man's thirst for power leads to his downfall. Shakespeare is widely considered the greatest writer in the English language and his timeless classics continue to be performed and loved around the...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Sentimental Education with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents the story of Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert, describing the experiences of a young lawyer, Frederick Moreau, who is indecisive about where he wants his future to lead him, and becomes perpetually distracted by his fortune and his illicit infatuation with Madame Arnoux. The novel is considered...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Persuasion with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Persuasion by Jane Austen, which tells the story of a young woman who had to refuse a proposal from the man she loved for practical reasons, and is reunited with him eight years later. This gripping love story is set in the Georgian era and the world-famous author realistically depicts the condition...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy by Laurent Gounelle, which follows a middle-aged schoolteacher called Julian as he takes a break from his uneventful life with a month-long holiday. Although he thinks that he is happy, a series of conversations with a world-renowned Balinese sage...
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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....
11) 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...
18) 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...
19) 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,...
20) 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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