Oliver Twist
An orphan flees the workhouse for London's thieves, and Dickens indicts a cruel society.
2,763-word summary · 12 min read
classics + victorian
6 books tagged both “classics” and “victorian”.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice follows the White Rabbit, grows and shrinks through tea, croquet and trial.
2,055-word summary · 9 min read
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A London lawyer traces a violent stranger to his respectable friend in Stevenson's 1886 tale of two selves.
2,286-word summary · 10 min read
The Time Machine
Wells sends a Victorian inventor to the year 802,701, where idle Eloi and blind Morlocks share a dark human fate.
2,335-word summary · 10 min read
Great Expectations
Orphan Pip chases wealth and Estella through London fog and prison ships.
2,117-word summary · 9 min read
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre retold: Lowood, Thornfield, the attic secret, and Jane's refusal to shrink.
2,325-word summary · 10 min read