Novel Written by: Jose Rizal Originally published in Spanish in 1887, Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) is the satirical fiction novel written by Filipino author and national hero Jose Rizal. Set in the Philippines, the story follows Juan Crisostomo Ibarra, a mestizo who ventures to revisit his past and watch history play out before…More
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The Scarlet Letter (Plot Summary)
Novel written by: Nathaniel Hawthorne The novel is set in a village in Puritan New England. The main character is Hester Prynne, a young woman who has borne a child out of wedlock. Hester believes herself a widow, but her husband, Roger Chillingworth, arrives in New England very much alive and conceals his identity. He finds his wife forced…More
Frankenstein (Plot Summary)
Novel Written by: Mary Shelley Frankenstein tells the story of gifted scientist Victor Frankenstein who succeeds in giving life to a being of his own creation. However, this is not the perfect specimen he imagines that it will be, but rather a hideous creature who is rejected by Victor and mankind in general. More on…More
David Copperfield (Plot summary)
Novel Written by: Charles Dickens A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world. David Copperfield (Daniel Radcliffe) lives a nearly idyllic existence with his beautiful mother Clara Emilia Fox) and their housekeeper Peggotty (Pauline Quirke). His life changes forever when his mother re-marries. David Copperfield is the story of a boy…More
The Chimes (Plot Summary)
Novel Written by: Charles Dickens The Chimes is Dickens’s second Christmas short story. This story is about a discouraged elderly messenger who has lost faith in humanity. He is drawn to the bell tower of a church where he finds the spirits of the bells and their goblin attendants More on this, (longer summary): https://medium.com/the-mission/the-chimes-a-goblin-story-of-some-bells-that-rang-an-old-year-out-and-a-new-year-in-e5adb535dbf6#:~:text=The%20Chimes%20is%20Dickens’s%20second,bells%20and%20their%20goblin%20attendants.More
The Pickwick Papers (Plot Summary)
Novel Written by: Charles Dickens The story follows Samuel Pickwick and three other members of The Pickwick Club as they travel throughout the English countryside by coach observing the phenomena of life and human nature, and recording their experiences for the other members of The Pickwick Club. The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a…More
To Kill a Mockingbird (Plot Summary)
The story, told by the six-year-old Jean Louise Finch, takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. Nicknamed Scout, she lives with her older brother Jeremy, nicknamed Jem, and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. They also have a Black…More
Frankenstein (Summary)
Captain Walton’s introductory narrative Frankenstein is a frame story written in epistolary form. It documents a fictional correspondence between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville. The story takes place in the eighteenth century (the letters are dated as “17-“). Robert Walton is a failed writer who sets out to explore the North…More
Sense and Sensibility (Summary)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Henry Dashwood, his second wife, and their three daughters live for many years with Henry’s wealthy bachelor uncle at Norland Park, a large country estate in Sussex. That uncle decides, in late life, to will the use and income only of his property first to Henry, then to Henry’s first…More
Pride and Prejudice (Summary)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen In rural England in the early 19th century, Mrs. Bennet attempts to persuade Mr. Bennet to visit Mr. Bingley, a rich bachelor recently arrived in the neighbourhood. After some verbal sparring with her husband, Mrs. Bennet believes he will not call on Mr. Bingley. Shortly afterwards, he visits Netherfield,…More
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