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Quick Read, Stephen Leacock

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 6 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 15 minutes"Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" is a collection of stories by Stephen Leacock, published in 1912, and is considered a classic of Canadian humorous literature. The stories are set in the fictional town of Mariposa, inspired by ...

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Quick Read, J. M. Synge

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 2 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 3 minutes"The Playboy of the Western World" is a three-act play written by John Millington Synge and first performed in 1907. Set in County Mayo, Ireland, during the early 1900s, the play tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man who cla...

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Quick Read, James Joyce

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 6 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 21 minutesDubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The stories present a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The st...

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Quick Read, Jerome K. Jerome

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 6 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 13 minutes"Three Men in a Boat" is a humorous novel written by Jerome K. Jerome in 1889. It follows the adventures of three friends, Jerome, George, and Harris, and their dog Montmorency, as they embark on a boating holiday on the River Tham...

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Quick Read, T. R. Malthus

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 5 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 19 minutesThis book is an essay written by Thomas Malthus titled "An Essay on the Principle of Population." Malthus argues that continued population growth leads to poverty. He wrote this essay in response to the optimism of his father and o...

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Quick Read, Evelyn Sharp

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 3 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 9 minutes"The Other Side of the Sun" is a collection of eight short children's stories penned by Evelyn Sharp. The stories included in the book are "The Weird Witch of the Willow-Herb," "The Magician's Tea-Party," "The Hundredth Princess," "...

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Quick Read, Max Sir Beerbohm

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 7 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 21 minutes"Zuleika Dobson" is a satirical novel by Max Beerbohm, published in 1911, that offers a critical portrayal of Edwardian Oxford. The story revolves around Zuleika Dobson, a captivating woman who enters Oxford University and captures...

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Quick Read, Eric Rücker Eddison

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 16 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 25 minutes"The Worm Ouroboros" is a heroic high fantasy novel written by E. R. Eddison in 1922. The story revolves around the war between King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland in a medieval and Norse saga-inspired world. The n...

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Quick Read, Agatha Christie

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 6 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 22 minutes"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" is a detective novel by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The story is narrated by Dr. James Sheppard, who lives with his sister Caroline in the village of Kings Abbot. T...

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Quick Read, Norman Hinsdale Pitman

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 4 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 11 minutes

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Quick Read, Charlotte M. Yonge

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 4 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 10 minutes

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Quick Read, Katherine Mansfield

Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 3 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 9 minutes"In a German Pension" is a collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield, published in 1911. Most of the stories were originally published in The New Age, with the first story being "The Child-Who-Was-Tired." The collection was...