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

Acollectionofirreverentsummationsofmorethan100well-knownworksofliterature,fromAnnaKareninatoWutheringHeights,cleverlydescribedinthefewestwordspossibleandaccompaniedwithfunnycolorillustrations.AbridgedClassics:BriefSummariesofBooksYouWereSupposedtoReadbutProbablyDidn’tispackedwithdozensofhumoroussuper-condensedsummationsofsomeofthemostfamousworksofliteraturefrommanyoftheworld’smostreveredauthors,includingWilliamShakespeare,CharlesDickens,EmilyBrontë,LeoTolstoy,JaneAusten,MarkTwain,J.R.R.Tolkien,MargaretAtwood,JamesJoyce,Plato,ErnestHemingway,DanBrown,AynRand,andHermanMelville.From"OldladiesconvinceaguytoruinScotland"(Macbeth)to"Everyoneissad.Itsnows."(WarandPeace),theseclever,humoroussynopsesaresuretomakebookloverssmile.