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

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 Bronte, 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.

Product details

• Authors: John Atkinson
• Publisher: Harper Design
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780062747853
• ISBN: 978-0-06-274785-3
• No. of pages: 158
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humour collections and anthologies, Strip cartoons, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Trivia and quiz questions, HUMOR: Form / Comic Strips & Cartoons, HUMOR: Form / Puns & Word Play, HUMOR: Form / Trivia, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Humorous, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions