Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular

Abridged Classics: Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't - Page 3

Finally a practical reward for your diligent reading efforts; the more classics you've read, the more you'd enjoy the humour in the source book. It is 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..."
Examples:
The Scarlet Letter: "Puritan tale of adultery, mockery, and embroidery."
Jane Eyre: "Workplace romance gets fiery."
The Odyssey: "War veteran takes forever to get home, then kills everyone."
A Farewell to Arms: "There are no winners in war. And very few adjectives."
Charlotte's Web: "Clever web designer saves a pig."
BTW, IMHO, this challenge also makes a good small-scale TBR list, at least if you dropped 'In Search of Lost Time', which is summarised as "Smell of cake reminds a guy of stuff. Four thousand pages of stuff."
Read More
412 users · 2,630 views
 
from goodreads.com · made by Markd9528
avg. score: 39 of 102 (38%)
required scores: 1, 21, 33, 42, 54 

How many have you actually read?

Page 3 of 3
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
81
Alexandre Dumas
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
82
T. S. Eliot
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
83
Stephen Crane
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
84
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
85
Sylvia Plath
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
86
Daniel Defoe
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
87
Alexandre Dumas
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
88
E.B. White
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
89
William Shakespeare
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
90
Voltaire
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
91
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
92
Rudyard Kipling
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
93
Edgar Allan Poe
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
94
William Golding
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
95
L.M. Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
96
Ernest Hemingway
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
97
Henry Fielding
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
98
Virginia Woolf
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
99
Ray Bradbury
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
100
Henry Miller
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
101
Yann Martel
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha (Various)
The Bible: Authorized King James Version With Apocrypha
102
Various
Page 3 of 3
 Your Results
Click the SHOW MY RESULTS button
above to calculate your results.
Click books you've read
Lists Similar to 'Abridged Classics: Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't'
All Similar Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN