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List of Summaries: Literature

David Lodge- The british museum is falling down (1965)
1.304 Words / ~6 pages Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz - KFU Sum­me­ry The Bri­tish mu­se­um is fal­ling down (1965) Da­vid Lodge ➢Sto­ry: ⓣ 1960s (see “Beat­les” p.38), No­vem­ber (p.11) ⓛ Lon­don (see “the Bri­tish Mu­se­um” p.12, “Tha­mes” p.35, “Bloomsbu­ry” p.38, “the Gre­at Rus­sell Street” p.39), the Bri­tish Mu­se­um (p.39ff) ⓟ · Adam App­le­by, twen­ty-fi­ve ye­ars old, post-gra­dua­te stu­dent (p.11) · Bar­ba­ra App­le­by, Adams wi­fe (p.12) · their child­ren (p.13): ◦ Cla­re, first­born ◦ Do­mi­nic, a year youn­ger than Cla­re ◦ Ed­ward, the youn­gest · Mrs Green, the ren­ter, wi­dow (p.28) · Fa­ther Fin­bar Flan­ne­gan, ca­tho­lic priest (p.33) · Ber­nie Schnitz (p.92, p.164); the rich, fat Ame­ri­can (p.33, p.49) · the door-kee­per at the Bri­tish Mu­se­um (p.40) · the two men at the ti­cket of­fice in the Bri­tish Mu­se­um (p.41) · Ca­mel, Adams fri­end (p.44) · the Chi­ne­se (p.60) · Pond, an ac­quain­tance of Adam at the Bri­tish Mu­se­um (p.61)…[show more]
8.397 Words / ~29 pages Highschool About a boy by Nick Horn­by Re­a­ding Jour­nal Con­tent 1. Book sum­ma­ry 2. Book re­com­men­da­ti­on in a let­ter to a fri­end 3. Wri­te a vo­ca­bu­la­ry list for each chap­ter 4. Sum­me­ri­ze the most im­portant facts of 4 Chap­ters: The “w” ques­ti­ons 5. Choo­se two or mo­re Cha­rac­ters to wri­te Cha­rac­te­ri­sa­ti­ons 6. Wri­te a news­pa­per ar­tic­le on an event of the no­vel 1. Book sum­ma­ry Chap­ter 1 we are gi­ven ba­sic in­for­ma­ti­on on Mar­cus and his mum, Fio­na: that they re­cent­ly mo­ved from Cam­bridge to Lon­don, that his par­ents are split­ted up and that his mo­ther had se­ve­ral re­la­ti­onships no­ne of which work­ed out. Her la­test boy­fri­end, Ro­ger, has just left the flat never to re­turn. Mar­cus is in­te­res­ted about the re­asons they split up and so they have a con­ver­sa­ti­on about them. Af­ter that they watch TV. Mar­cus worries about her men­tal sta­te and on­ly choo­ses trou­ble less films…[show more]
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley: Dystopian Novel Analysis
856 Words / ~2 pages Gymnasium Summary of the novel Brave New World The novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley imagine a society in the future London in the year 632 after Ford. The three ideals of the society are communit­y, identity and stabilit­y and are for all visible on public building­s, so they are always present. Brave New World describe­s a world in which people are generate­d and categori­zed in social castes through genetics and belong to one of five classes accordin­g to their intellig­ence: from perfect Alphas down to moronic Epsilons­. Alphas and Betas have more skilled occupati­ons while Gammas, Deltas and Epsilon perform menial work. To insure worldwid­e stabilit­y, people consume Soma, a legal drug that entertai­n and raise the sensibil­ity of the consumme­r. Thus, people are always happy.He­nce the motto communit­y, identity and stabilit­y refers…[show more]
1.801 Words / ~ pages Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz - KFU Rias­sun­to - Il gior­no pri­ma del­la fe­li­ci­tà Nel­le prime pa­gi­ne si par­la di un bam­bi­no sen­za no­me, un or­fa­no. Ques­to bam­bi­no un gior­no ha pre­so una pal­la per­du­ta su un bal­co­ne è per ques­to gli altri bam­bi­ni lo la­scia­ro­no gio­ca­re a cal­cio con lo­ro. Il prot­ago­nis­ta è in­na­mo­ra­to in una ra­gaz­za che lui non co­no­sce e lui vi­ve in­sie­me con un por­tie­re di no­me Don Ga­et­a­no, che da­va a lui semp­re la ce­na. Al prot­ago­nis­ta pia­ce an­da­re a scuo­la e a sen­ti­re gli in­segnan­ti. Un gior­no ques­to ra­gaz­zo tro­vò una ca­me­ra se­gre­ta in cui li pia­ce di leg­ge­re. Don Rai­mon­do un li­braio del­la cit­tà gli presta­va spes­so dei li­bri per leg­ge­re. Die­ci an­ni do­po Don Ga­et­a­no rac­con­tò al prot­ago­nis­ta che nell’an­no qua­ran­ta­tré in quella can­ti­na se­gre­ta lui ave­va nas­cos­to un ebreo. In queg­li an­ni gli ebrei ve­ni­va­no per­se­gui­ti, e chi ave­va una in­di­ca­zio­ne do­ve c’era un ebreo,…[show more]
Hurry On Down by John Barrington: Book report and plot summary
1.134 Words / ~ pages Waldorfschule Lübeck Hurry on Down ShortBio­graphyJo­hn Barringt­on Wain was born on 14thMarc­h 1925 in Stafford­shire England. Wain went to St. John´s College in Oxford.H­e seems to have married in 1947,sin­ce C.S. Lewis wrote a poem for his wedding in June of that year. He was an English novelist­, poet andcriti­c associat­ed with the literary group “The Movement­”.For most of his life, john Wainwork­ed as a freelanc­e Journali­st and author, Writing…[show more]
The Solitude of Thomas Cave: A Novel by Georgina Harding - Discover the Tale
525 Words / ~1 page HLW Biedermannsdorf The Solitude of Thomas Cave Georgina Harding is the author of the novel The Solitude of Thomas Cave, publishe­d by Bloomsbu­ry in February 2007. Two other works of her are: Tranqueb­ar: A Season in South India and In Another Europe. Today she lives in London and the Stour Valley, Essex. The story begins with a whaling ship at the coast of Greenlan­d in summer. The main characte­r is Thomas Cave and he bets with a ship member that…[show more]
La Peur et autres contes fantastiques
1.431 Words / ~3 pages Collège des Rojalets à Coppet La Peur et autres contes fantasti­ques Auteur: Guy de Maupassa­nt Genre: fantasti­que (nouvell­es) Sur leau Cest le récit dune singuli&­egrave;r­e aventure arrivée à un canotier de la Seine en rentrant sur son océan, apr&egra­ve;s avoir diné chez un ami. Résumé : Il sarreta sous une lune resplend­issante pour fumer une pipe lorsquil tressail­lit à cause dun étrange mouvemen­t sous son voilier qui le fit ballotte­r…[show more]
Animal Farm by George Orwell: A Comprehensive Summary
1.565 Words / ~3 pages AEG Böblingen Animal Farm Summary The story takes place on a farm somewher­e in England. The story is told by an all-know­ing narrator in the third person. The action of this novel starts when the oldest pig on the farm, Old Major, calls all animals to a secret meeting. He tells them about his dream of a revoluti­on against the cruel Mr Jones. Three days later Major dies, but the speech gives the more intellig­ent animals a new outlook on life.…[show more]
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl: Joyce Carol Oates
746 Words / ~ pages Alman Lisesi Istanbul Joy­ce Ca­rol Oa­tes Joy­ce Ca­rol Oa­tes pu­blished her first book in 1963 and has pu­blished over fif­ty no­vels as well as ma­ny vo­lu­mes of short sto­ries, poet­ry and Non­fic­tion. Her no­vels­them won the­Na­tio­nal Book Awar­dand her no­vels Black Wa­ter,What I Li­ved For, and­Blon­de we­re no­mi­na­ted for the­Pu­lit­zer Pri­ze. Other no­vels of J.C. Oa­tes: Zom­bie We We­re the Mul­va­neys Man Cra­zy My He­art Laid Ba­re Bro­ke He­art Blues Blon­de Midd­le…[show more]
Siedmiu braci - Kompletna Analiza Dzie?a Aleksisa Kivi
1.770 Words / ~ pages Uniwersytet Gdański - UG Sied­miu bra­ci - Kom­plet­na Ana­li­za Dzie?a Al­ek­s­i­sa Ki­vi 1. Nie­o­po­dal wio­ski Tou­ko­la leży gos­po­darst­wo Juko­la. Dzięki pra­co­wi­tym założy­cie­lom jest ogrom­ne. Mieszka w nim sied­miu bra­ci: Juha­ni, Tuo­mas (bliź­nia­cy), Aa­po, Si­meoni, Ti­mo i Lau­ri (rów­nież bliź­nia­cy)oraz Ee­ro. Ws­zyscy są w wie­ku od 25 do 18 lat. Ra­zu pew­n­ego gdy by­li dzieć­mi uk­rad­li ja­ja są­siad­ce (a rac­zej jej kur­ze) i zjed­li je w le­sie. Gdy wróci­li mat­ka…[show more]
Analysis : The Kite Runner Chapters 8-10
1.238 Words / ~ pages Gymnase de Morges Analysis : The Kite Runner Chapters 8-10 Table of contents 1. Summary 2. Historic­al context 3. Places 4. Characte­rs 5. Themes 6. Symbol 7. Language and style 8. Sources 1. Summary Chapter 8: Hassan avoids Amir and spends most of his time in bed. Baba shows a lot of interest in Amir, even taking him to the movies. However, Amir cannot enjoy any of this because he feels guilty. Hassan attempts to be friendly with Amir again,…[show more]
Tauben im Gras – Vollständige Handlungsübersicht von W. Koeppen
3.577 Words / ~12 pages Bergisch Gladbach nicolaus cusanus gymnasium Tau­ben im Gras – Voll­stän­di­ge Hand­lungs­über­sicht von W. Koep­pen Tau­ben im Gras (W. Koep­pen) –Hand­lungs­über­sich­t Sei­te Zei­le Fi­gu­ren Zen­tra­le In­hal­te 1 9 1-7 Er­zäh­ler Der Er­zäh­ler blickt zum Him­mel auf und sieht dort Flug­zeu­ge, die er als Zei­chen ei­ner un­heil­vol­len Zu­kunft deu­tet. 2 9-10 8- 27 Er­zäh­ler Wäh­rend Deutsch­land im Span­nungs­feld zwi­schen Ost und West steht und sich in ei­ner „Atem­pau­se des Schlacht­fel­des“…[show more]
Atonement by Ian McEwan: Chapter Summaries and Key Quote Analysis
6.743 Words / ~18 pages Plymouth High School, Devon PART ONE Chap­ter One Sum­ma­ry: Brio­ny has fi­nis­hed wri­ting the Tri­als of Ara­bel­la for her brot­her’s re­turn (Le­on). Her room and sto­ries are de­scrib­ing, re­flec­ting aspects of her per­so­na­li­ty that ali­gn wi­th her fu­ture ac­tions. The cou­sins from the north are ar­ri­ve (Lo­la Quin­cey and the twins, Jack­son and Pier­rot) be­cau­se their par­ents are get­ting a di­vorce. Af­ter the twins have had a house tour and a swim in the pool, the…[show more]
British literature of the 20th century, state exam
15.991 Words / ~74 pages Charles University Prague - Re­bel­led against ten­den­ci­es on rea­lism and li­te­ra­tu­re‘s di­dac­tic va­lue - First no­vel Shadow Dance ex­plo­red the­me of se­xu­al and emo­tio­nal ab­u­se - Car­ter‘s work is di­stinct­ly post­mo­dern in its re­ex­ami­na­ti­on of folk­lo­re and for­bidden to­pics such as se­xu­al fe­tish, in­cest, por­no­gra­phy etc. - Her wri­ting is al­so shaped by her fe­mi­nist sta­tus, she wro­te ex­clu­si­ve­ly from fe­ma­le per­spec­ti­ve - Ma­gic rea­lism - The­mes: pu­ri­ty,…[show more]
Reading Journal: The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (Zusammenfassung und Charactere)
1.150 Words / ~ pages AHS Wien Re­a­ding Jour­nal Title: The Gre­at Gats­by Aut­hor: F. Scott Fitz­ge­rald Sum­ma­ry: In the sum­mer of 1922, Nick Car­ra­way, a young man, mo­ves to New York from Min­ne­so­ta to be­co­me a bond trader. He rents a house and finds out that he li­ves next to a lar­ge man­si­on oc­cu­p­ied by a mys­te­rious man na­med Gats­by. Gats­by has wild par­ties every night wi­th lots of wo­men and al­co­hol. Nick re­u­ni­tes wi­th his cou­sin, Dai­sy, a flir­ta­tious young wo­man…[show more]
Rezumat Baltagul de Mihail Sadoveanu
1.531 Words / ~ pages CNG Craiova -BAL­TA­GUL- Mihail Sa­do­ve­a­nu Ca­pi­to­lul1 Ne­chi­for Li­pan le po­ves­tes­te oamen­i­l­or la nun­ti de­sp­re cum i-a fa­cut Dum­ne­zeu pe: tig­an, ne­amt, un­gur, turc, sarb, boier si mun­te­an. El spu­nea ca po­ve­stea a in­vatat-o de la un ba­ci ba­tran, pre­cum si vor­ba “Ni­me­ne nu poa­te sa­ri peste um­bra lui”. Ne­chi­for Li­pan are si o ne­vas­ta pe nu­me Vi­to­ria, im­preu­na aveau doi co­pii: Mi­nodo­ra si Ghe­or­g­hi­ta. So­sise vre­mea ca Ne­chi­for sa se du­ca…[show more]
Howl´s Moving Castle: Book Summary in English
892 Words / ~2 pages Realgymnasium Wien Book Sum­ma­ry: Mar­ket Chip­ping is a town in the land of In­ga­ry, whe­re ever­y­thing goes by fairy­ta­le ru­les. It is al­so the home of the th­ree sis­ters. So­phie, who is the ol­dest, Let­tie and Mar­tha. Af­ter their fa­ther dies, mo­ney be­co­mes tight and their step­mo­ther Fan­ny, who is Mar­tha’s birth mo­ther is forced to place Let­tie and Mar­tha in­to app­ren­ti­ce­ships and keep So­phie as her own app­ren­ti­ce in the fa­mi­ly’s hat shop using So­phie’s…[show more]
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1.300 Words / ~ pages Lycée Ampère Lyon 2 fi­che de lec­tu­re les im­pa­ti­en­tes Tit­re du li­v­re : Les Im­pa­ti­en­tes Au­teur : Djaï­li Ama­dou Amal Date de pu­bli­ca­ti­on : 2017 Gen­re : Ro­man Ré­su­mé : Les Im­pa­ti­en­tes est un ro­man puis­sant et cap­ti­vant de lau­teu­re ca­me­rounai­se Djaï­li Ama­dou Amal. Il plon­ge le lec­teur dans le con­tex­te du Ca­me­roun et ex­plo­re les thè­mes com­ple­xes de la po­ly­ga­mie, de loppres­si­on des femmes, de la vio­lence con­ju­ga­le et de la quête de li­ber­té in­di­vi­du­el­le.…[show more]
11.210 Words / ~21 pages Kalsbeek school woerden De en­ge­len­ma­ker van Ste­fan Brijs: Lees­vers­lag (ni­veau 4 t/m 6) Het lees­vers­lag is een hulp­mid­del om be­ter zicht te kri­j­gen op de door jou ge­le­zen ro­man. Ver­der helpt een goed vers­lag je bij de vo­or­be­rei­ding van het ba­l­ans­vers­lag (v4) en mond­e­lin­gen (v5, v6). 1. ZA­KE­LI­JKE GE­GE­VENS Ti­tel: De en­ge­len­ma­ker Schrij­ver + leef­ja­ren: Ste­fan Brijs On­der­ti­tel (evt.): Ge­en Ja­ar­tal 1e druk: 2005 Ge­le­zen druk + ja­ar­tal: Ze­ven­ti­en­de…[show more]
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Molière: Summary Acte 1-5 + Characters
6.627 Words / ~11 pages Deutsche Schule Malaga, DSM Ojen Le Bour­geois Gen­til­hom­me Aut­hor: “Mo­liè­re” = Jean-Bap­tis­te Po­que­lin. XVII siè­cle (17th). Loui­se XIV: Le Roi Sol­eil. Thè­mes: la­mour, la ja­lou­sie, la tra­h­ison, les faus­ses ap­pa­ren­ces, la cu­pi­di­té etc. Co­mé­die-bal­let. Une “tur­querie”→ Turc & Mo­querie. Mo­liè­re nous mont­re les do­mes­ti­ques com­me des per­son­nes très ru­sées et in­tel­li­gents, mê­me si el­les n’ont d’étu­des. L’aspi­ra­ti­on de MJ est dêt­re un hom­me de qua­li­té…[show more]

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