Classic Stories Summarized
7-10 minute audio summaries of classic literature you didn't have the time or attention span to read :-)
Classic Stories Summarized
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Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d’Urbervilles is a novel by the English writer Thomas Hardy, first published in serialized form in 1891 and issued as a complete book the same year. Set in the fictional rural region of Wessex (Hardy’s reimagining of southwes...
The Ultimate Question
When a young boy is found on a battlefield, it sets into motion a series of events that will have potentially catastrophic results unless that young boy – now a young man – can solve the puzzle that his mentor left him before he died.“T...
Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse’s "Siddhartha", first published in German in 1922, is a philosophical novel set in ancient India around the time of the historical Buddha. It follows the spiritual journey of a young Brahmin named Siddhartha who leaves his privile...
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero - by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero, written by William Makepeace Thackeray and first published in monthly installments from January 1847 to July 1848, is a landmark Victorian satire that chronicles the intertwined fortunes of two youn...