num_pages: 160
description: 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 Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didnt is packed with dozens of humorous super-condensed summations of some of the most famous works of literature from many of the worlds 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.
language: English
title: Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't
publisher: Harper Design