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 Brontë, 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.