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The Metamorphosis – A Detailed Event-Based Summary 🛌 Awakening as an InsectOne morning, Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, awakens from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a giant insect. He tries to get out of bed but finds it difficult to control his heavy, unfamiliar body. Realizing he’s late for work, he becomes anxious, considering how to explain his situation to his boss.🚪 Family and Company VisitGregor repeatedly fails to ge.. 2025. 6. 28.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – The Duality Within 1. About the Author – Who Was Robert Louis Stevenson?Born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Robert Louis Stevenson masterfully explored themes of adventure and human duality. Best known for Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he continued to write passionately despite suffering from tuberculosis. The latter work is widely praised for its deep portrayal of the clash between inner good and .. 2025. 6. 28.
The Picture of Dorian Gray – The Poison Called Beauty 1. About the Author: Oscar Wilde – A Master of Wit and ParadoxOscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish playwright and novelist, known for his dazzling wit, flamboyant style, and critiques of Victorian moral hypocrisy. A key figure of the Decadent movement, Wilde explored themes of beauty, morality, and art with elegance and provocation. The Picture of Dorian Gray is his only novel, yet stands as a c.. 2025. 6. 26.
No Longer Human – A Record of One Man's Disqualification 1. About the Author – Osamu Dazai's Life and TragedyOsamu Dazai (1909–1948) was a novelist from Aomori, Japan, and one of the most tragic figures in Japanese literature. While producing masterpieces that encapsulated modern Japanese literature, he constantly wandered between life and death. Multiple suicide attempts, alcohol addiction, and complex relationships are directly embedded in his writi.. 2025. 6. 26.
The Moon and Sixpence – A Man Who Gave Everything to Art 1. About the AuthorSomerset Maugham, the author of The Moon and Sixpence, was a leading British writer of the early 20th century. Renowned for his delicate style and sharp psychological insight, he authored many works including Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge. The Moon and Sixpence was inspired by the life of the painter Paul Gauguin and captures the madness, freedom, and cold detachment o.. 2025. 6. 26.
Hamlet – The Tragedy of Revenge and Hesitation ✍️ About the Author – William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare (1564–1616) was a playwright and poet representing the English Renaissance. He is one of the most influential figures in world literature. His works explore human desires, conflict, and fate across various genres including tragedies such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, comedies like A Midsummer Night's Dream, .. 2025. 6. 25.
The Sorrows of Young Werther Youth is ever the name of incomplete longing. Werther's story is one of pure yet destructive love—a love that consumes a man and leaves behind a haunting trace of beauty and sorrow.🌿 The Encounter – A Fateful BloomWerther flees the chaos of urban life to the tranquil village of Wahlheim. There, amidst the whispers of brooks and the breath of the woods, he finds solace—until he meets Lotte.At a .. 2025. 6. 24.
Don Quixote: A Knight Racing Between Fantasy and Reality 📖 The Birth of Madness – The Anonymous KnightBeneath the Spanish sun of La Mancha, in a room overflowing with dusty tomes of chivalry and magic, lived a man named Alonso Quixano. Once a modest landowner, he gradually came to believe that stories were truer than life itself. And so, he shed his old name and became Don Quixote, a self-proclaimed knight.Wearing a patched helmet and wielding a croo.. 2025. 6. 24.
Anne of Green Gables: Plot Summary L.M. Montgomery's beloved classic "Anne of Green Gables" (1908) tells the story of Anne Shirley, a spirited, imaginative orphan who accidentally arrives at Green Gables and transforms the lives of siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert with her vivid imagination, fierce emotions, and relentless optimism. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Prince Edward Island, Canada, this timeless coming-of.. 2025. 4. 24.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Plot Summary Milan Kundera's masterpiece "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is a philosophical novel set against the backdrop of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague, where the lives of four characters intersect. Through their stories, the novel explores deep insights about love and sexuality, politics and art, fate and coincidence, all within the philosophical tension between the lightness and weight of exis.. 2025. 4. 24.
Frankenstein — Frozen Creation, Burning Solitude 🚢 Arctic Ice • A Letter BeginsYoung Captain Robert Walton, chasing glory on an ice‑clogged sea, hauls a dying stranger onto his ship. Snow lashes the deck while the man whispers,“Did you see him?”Thus Victor Frankenstein—gaunt, frostbitten—unspools the confession that will crack the northern silence like thunder.🏡 Geneva • Dreams by the LakeBorn to warmth and privilege, Victor grows beside Eli.. 2025. 4. 23.
The Old Man and the Sea – A Story of Solitude and Dignity at Sea 🔹 The Unlucky FishermanIn a small coastal village in Cuba, Santiago, an aging fisherman, has become a symbol of bad luck. For 84 days, he has returned from sea empty-handed. The other fishermen whisper, and the townspeople avert their gaze.Only the boy, Manolin, remains loyal. Although his parents have moved him to a more successful boat, the boy visits Santiago every evening, bringing food and.. 2025. 4. 23.