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गोदान [Godaan] Summary

गोदान [Godaan]

by Munshi Premchand 1936 352 pages

Indian Literature

Dubliners Summary

by James Joyce 1914 352 pages

Cry, the Beloved Country Summary

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton 1948 316 pages

Historical Fiction

The Custom of the Country Summary

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton 1913 370 pages

Historical Fiction

Outline Summary

by Rachel Cusk 2014 249 pages

Literary Fiction

So Long, See You Tomorrow Summary

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell 1980 135 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

From Here to Eternity Summary

From Here to Eternity

by James Jones 1951 816 pages

Historical Fiction

The Gospel Singer Summary

The Gospel Singer

by Harry Crews 1968 300 pages

Southern Gothic

Villette Summary

by Charlotte Brontë 1853 573 pages

To Live Summary

by Yu Hua 1992 250 pages

Historical Fiction

Chinese Literature

by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages

Science Fiction

The Bell Summary

by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages

British Literature

The Return of the Native Summary

The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy 1878 426 pages

by William Beckford 1786 180 pages

We the Living Summary

by Ayn Rand 1936 464 pages

Historical Fiction

Bel-Ami Summary

by Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 pages

French Literature

The Jungle Summary

by Upton Sinclair 1906 335 pages

Historical Fiction

Wait Until Spring, Bandini Summary

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

by John Fante 1938 266 pages

Early Socratic Dialogues Summary

Early Socratic Dialogues

by Plato 399 pages

The House of Hunger Summary

The House of Hunger

by Dambudzo Marechera 1978 160 pages

The Plot Against America Summary

The Plot Against America

by Philip Roth 2004 391 pages

Historical Fiction

Alternate History

Dogeaters Summary

by Jessica Hagedorn 1990 272 pages

Historical Fiction

Imaginary Homelands Summary

Imaginary Homelands

Essays and Criticism 1981-1991

by Salman Rushdie 1991 448 pages

On the Road Summary

by Jack Kerouac 1957 307 pages

Père Goriot Summary

by Honoré de Balzac 1835 384 pages

French Literature

Crossing to Safety Summary

Crossing to Safety

by Wallace Stegner 1987 335 pages

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

The Sheltering Sky Summary

The Sheltering Sky

by Paul Bowles 1949 342 pages

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