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 and accompanied with funny color illustrations.
Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn’t is packed with dozens of humorous super-condensed summations of some of the most famous works of literature from many of the world’s most revered authors, including William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Emily Brontë, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, James Joyce, Plato, Ernest Hemingway, Dan Brown, Ayn Rand, and Herman Melville.
From "Old ladies convince a guy to ruin Scotland" (Macbeth) to "Everyone is sad. It snows." (War and Peace), these clever, humorous synopses are sure to make book lovers smile.
[加]约翰·阿特金森（John Atkinson）居住在加拿大渥太华。他酷爱阅读麦片盒上的文字与微波炉使用说明，以及其中的潜台词。约翰饱受一个反复出现的梦的困扰。在梦中，他总是因为汽车故障而错过了文艺复兴。他还宣称自己发明了“我在火车上吃了根香蕉”这个说法，但大家都说根本没有这种说法。
