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Animal Farm  by George Orwell About George Orwell: Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterized by lucid prose, biting social criticism, total opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. Summary: This is a story about a group of animals who live on Manor Farm, a farm in the British countryside that is under the operation of Mr. Jones, a poor drunkard. Old Major, a well-respected pig, calls all of the animals to a meeting to share his vision of a farm free of humans, where the animals reap what they sow. This vision inspires all of the animals and they await the day for a rebellion. After Old Major passes away, the rebellion begins when Mr. Jones forgets to feed the animals. The animals, led by the pigs, chase away all of the humans from the farm, renaming it Animal Farm. Two pigs named Snowball and Napoleon emerge as l

  The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe About Author: Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 1954–1963). He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. Summary: This is a story about Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy, siblings who live in England during World War II. They discover a wardrobe and by entering it, they are transported to a magical world called Narnia. Narnia is ruled by the White Witch, an evil sorceress who keeps the world in eternal winter. However, a prophecy tells those four humans will take down the Witch. Knowing this, the White Witch convinces Edmond to bring his siblin

  1984 by Grorge Owell About Author: Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his  pen name  George Orwell, was an English essayist, journalist and critic. As a writer, Orwell produced  literary criticism  and poetry, fiction and  polemical  journalism; and is best known for the  allegorical  novella  Animal Farm  (1945) and the  dystopian  novel  Nineteen Eighty-Four  (1949). Summary: It was a bright and cold April day, Winston Smith, a 39-year-old man, entered the houses of victory. The smell of dining flooded the place. He barely climbed the seven floors that led him to his house. On each landing, there was a very large colour poster with the huge face of a man with a big moustache and hard features at the bottom was written Big Brother watches over you, this poster was also in every street. Winston looked at the city from the window . London was cold and sad. It was part of the Area 1 strip, a province of Oceania . the territory dominated by the party

  Fahrenheit 451  by Ray Bradbury About Author: Ray Douglas Bradbury  (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Summary: This is a story about a man named Guy Montag who is a fireman. He's not a fireman by today's standards though. Instead of putting out fires, he starts them by burning books, which are outlawed by the government. After talking to his neighbour, Clarisse, Guy begins to question his work. He looks around and sees a wife who doesn't love him and an entire society caught up in technology and war. People kill each other every day and no one seems to care. After learning that Clarisse died, Guy further begins to question whether or not he is doing the right thing by burning books. So much so, that he steals a book before burning a lady and pile of books.

  The Great Gatsby  by F. Scott Fitzgerald About Author : Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald   (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short story writer. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the  Jazz Age—a term which he popularized. Summary: This is a story about a man named Nick who is living in America in the 1920s. He moves to New York to become a bond trader and finds 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 and when Nick is invited, he learns that Gatsby had also been in the army. However, no one really knows how Gatsby got rich. Nick reunites with his cousin, Daisy, a flirtatious young woman who is married to Tom, a rich businessman. However, Tom is having an affair with a mechanic's wife, Myrtle. Nick meets Daisy's friend, Jordan, a young professional golfer, and t

  About Author:   Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction.[2] She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley.  Summary: Frankenstein begins when a young man named captain Walton takes a ship into the Arctic Ocean he's hoping to make important scientific discoveries. His  ship gets stranded for a few days when a sheet of ice forms all around it, to his amazement he and his crew see a gigantic man about eight feet tall driving a dog sled across the ice until it disappears in the distance.  A little later they see a normal-sized man on another dogsled chasing the first one, this man is almost dead from exhaustion and exposure so they take him aboard. The man is Victor Frankenstein, Walton becomes friends with him and while Frankenstein is rec

The Catcher in the Rye  by J.D. Salinger   About Author: Jerome David Salinger  ( January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American writer best known for his 1951 novel  The Catcher in the Rye . Before its publication, Salinger published several short stories in  Story  magazine and served in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bannerfish" appeared in The New Yorker, which published much of his later work. Summary: This is a story about a boy named Holden Caulfield. He just got kicked out of another all-boy's school called Pencey. He comes from a wealthy family with a lawyer father, nagging mother, a brother who is a Hollywood writer, a brother who died, and an intelligent sister. Holden really doesn't like phonies, which is basically all types of people that annoy him. So, he leaves Pencey hating most, if not all, of the people there. He can't go home because he doesn't want to tell his parents that he got kicked out