$0 eBook- 50 Classic Novel Summaries: A Guide to Reading with a Purpose [Kindle]

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A collection of summaries of famous novels written in the late eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.

Do you often find yourself wondering what classic novel to place on your bedside table next? Are there times when you read the first few chapters of a book, decide you don’t like it, and wish you had known beforehand it was going to be a waste of time? Do you lack the time to read entire novels, but desire the ability to converse intelligently about popular literary pieces?

50 Classic Novel Summaries: A Guide to Reading with a Purpose, is your go-to for guidance. A summary is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “using few words to give the most important information about something.” This collection may use more than a few words, but each summary portrays its book in its truest form, untainted by bias or subjective analysis. Instead, the summaries stick to the basics: the plot and the characters. This allows you, the reader, to form an opinion of the novel for yourself.

The collection is easy to read and informative, making it palatable for the everyday casual reader, but also educational enough to be used for learning purposes. The author has included a complete and comprehensive list of each book’s characters at the beginning of each summary, serving as a guidepost when the reader may get lost in the expansive array of some novel’s key players, or when the reader simply needs a refresher when picking up the summary again after a few days away.

The utility of a collection like this is expansive. You can think of it as a collection of short stories in the style of O. Henry and read it on its own. Or, use it as a roadmap to plan your next literary adventure. Use it to suggest books to your friends, your children, or your students. Read it for reference, read it for fun. 50 Classic Novel Summaries was crafted to be prevalent in places far and wide - high schools, universities, for homeschooling, on bedside tables, in backpacks - and to be read on front porches, classrooms, libraries, and airplanes.

With this many uses for this many people, 50 Classic Novel Summaries is worth your time. So pick it up, read a summary or two, and the rest is up to you.

Hannah Matro, editor

EXAMPLES FROM THE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Anna Karenina
Ben-Hur
David Copperfield
Ivanhoe
Les Miserables
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
The Leatherstocking Tales (5)
The Mill on the Floss
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Vicar of Wakefield
War and Peace

by Clyde Nehrenz, Hannah Matro and Bill Martin, 329 pages, published Feb 23, 2014

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