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The Adolescent Summary
The Adolescent
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1875 580 pages
3.93
11k+ ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
Daisy Miller Summary
Daisy Miller
by Henry James 1879 164 pages
3.37
38k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Sentimental Education Summary
Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert 1869 460 pages
3.81
25k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
City of Women Summary
City of Women
Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
by Christine Stansell 1986 320 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
History
American History
Feminism
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.84
76k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Flowers of Evil Summary
The Flowers of Evil
by Charles Baudelaire 1857 464 pages
4.19
82k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
France
The Mayor of Casterbridge Summary
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy 1886 393 pages
3.87
66k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Vidas imaginarias Summary
Vidas imaginarias
by Marcel Schwob 1896 218 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
France
Literature
The Catalpa Rescue Summary
The Catalpa Rescue
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history
by Peter FitzSimons 2019 559 pages
4.30
500+ ratings
History
Australia
Biography
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 Summary
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975 354 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 Summary
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1987 405 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Hard Times Summary
Hard Times
by Charles Dickens 1854 384 pages
3.55
75k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
An Ideal Husband Summary
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde 1893 78 pages
4.01
44k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Pickwick Papers Summary
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens 1837 801 pages
3.85
32k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Scramble for Africa Summary
The Scramble for Africa
The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
by Thomas Pakenham 1991 800 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
History
Africa
World History
Nicholas Nickleby Summary
Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens 1839 817 pages
3.95
47k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Industry and Empire Summary
Industry and Empire
The Birth of the Industrial Revolution
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968 411 pages
3.92
500+ ratings
History
Economics
European History
The Old Curiosity Shop Summary
The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens 1840 576 pages
3.79
24k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Fathers and Sons Summary
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev 1862 244 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope Summary
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
Society's Mirror: Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now
by Anthony Trollope 1875 440 pages
4.09
14k+ ratings
Classics
Victorian
19th Century
In the Land of Pain Summary
In the Land of Pain
by Alphonse Daudet 1929 112 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Memoir
France
Autobiography
The Pursuit of Power Summary
The Pursuit of Power
Europe 1815 - 1914
by Richard J. Evans 2016 848 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
History
European History
Politics
Mary Barton Summary
Mary Barton
by Elizabeth Gaskell 1848 480 pages
3.75
21k+ ratings
Classics
Victorian
Historical Fiction
The Populist Moment Summary
The Populist Moment
A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America
by Lawrence Goodwyn 1978 384 pages
3.80
335 ratings
History
Politics
American History
An Enemy of the People Summary
An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen 1882 160 pages
3.87
15k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Death of Reconstruction Summary
The Death of Reconstruction
Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901
by Heather Cox Richardson 2001 336 pages
3.86
107 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Sylvie and Bruno Summary
Sylvie and Bruno
by Lewis Carroll 1889 204 pages
3.39
1k+ ratings
Fantasy
Classics
19th Century
Silas Marner Summary
Silas Marner
by George Eliot 1861 262 pages
3.70
94k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Market Revolution Summary
The Market Revolution
Jacksonian America, 1815-1846
by Charles Grier Sellers 1992 512 pages
3.63
293 ratings
History
American History
Economics
The Irishman's Daughter Summary
The Irishman's Daughter
by V.S. Alexander 2019 402 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Historical
Doc Summary
Doc
by Mary Doria Russell 2011 394 pages
4.00
17k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Historical
The Johnstown Flood Summary
The Johnstown Flood
by David McCullough 1968 302 pages
4.13
25k+ ratings
History
American History
Historical
The Ruling Race Summary
The Ruling Race
by James Oakes 1982 307 pages
3.73
104 ratings
History
American History
Race
Past and Present Summary
Past and Present
by Thomas Carlyle 1897 324 pages
3.50
290 ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Washington Square Summary
Washington Square
by Henry James 1880 240 pages
3.71
26k+ ratings
Classics
19th Century
Historical Fiction
La Peau de chagrin Summary
La Peau de chagrin
by Honoré de Balzac 1831 407 pages
3.67
12k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Galway Bay Summary
Galway Bay
by Mary Pat Kelly 2009 551 pages
4.16
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Ireland
Irish Literature
Marshlands Summary
Marshlands
by André Gide 1895 144 pages
3.58
1k+ ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds Summary
Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds
by G.P. Taylor 2007 336 pages
3.99
197 ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mystery
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free Summary
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
by Andrew Miller 2018 421 pages
3.91
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
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