| Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read But Probably Didn't Contributor(s): Atkinson, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062747851 ISBN-13: 9780062747853 Publisher: Harper OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor | Form - Puns & Wordplay - Humor | Form - Comic Strips & Cartoons - Humor | Form - Trivia |
| Dewey: 817.6 |
| LCCN: 2017945063 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 7.9" (1.10 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 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 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. |