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How to Become Ridiculously Well-read in One Evening: A Collection of Literary Encapsulations (Paperback)

by E.O. Parrott (Author, Editor)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (27 Nov 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140074511
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140074512
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 78,291 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Humorous poems summarize great works of literature by Jane Austen, Anthony Burgess, Miguel de Cervantes, Charles Dickens, Graham Greene, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and Solzhenitsyn.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not The Oxford Companion to World Literature, 12 Jan 2008
By Bob Sherunkle (London, UK) - See all my reviews
The only common denominator is that each item is a humorous summarisation of a famous work of literature. The style varies wildly between different contributors. To quote some examples:
-Shakespeare plays reported as real events in a series of Sun newspaper articles
-Great Expectations written in the style of Janet and John
-Jane Austen's Emma told as a monologue by Miss Bates

If you are familiar with some of the stories, and you have a sense of humour (and especially if you have ever enjoyed a Reduced Shakespeare Company production) you will love this.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The internet of the treeware age., 30 Jan 2001
By saskiaandsam@newscientist.net (Lewes, East Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
I won't get anywhere NEAR 1,000 words - that wouldn't be in the spirit of the book. "Well-read" predates the internet but some years, but for literature its pastiches encapsulate its spirit. It tugs at the heartstring of the vain who want to impress at dinner parties and exposes them for the frauds that they are. AND it allows you to bone up in a way that COULD pull the wool over their eyes. So buy some!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, seriously so, but no alternative to the real thing, 10 April 2008
By Rivercassini "Rivercassini" (London) - See all my reviews
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This is a humourous little book, packed full of what are for the most part witty synopsis of some of the greatest works of literature (mostly English literature) ever written, but don't be fooled by the title: the synopsis are so short that you get little flavour of the novels covered. Indeed, I found that the more familiar I was with the novel forming the subject of the synopsis, the more enjoyable the book was whereas those of works I didn't know at all gave very little insight whatsoever. Sadly, then, I have to remain lamentably under-read, the book failing to fulfill it's promise of making me well-read in an evening. It seems there's no alternative but to read the books themselves. Even so, I loved reading this and spent much of the time laughing out loud. My favourite was the metered verse retelling the story of Mansfield Park in little more than a dozen lines.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Nonsense and not funny
I don't think you'll even recognise the books that you have read from these over pretentious summaries. And they are not even funny.
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