Writer: Walter Karig (1932). Revised By: Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (1968). Nancy receives a letter from England which is intended for an heiress, also named Nancy Drew. Later, Nancy finds out that a guy named Edgar Nixon has stolen the letters and going to get married to the heiress soon. Nancy…
Writer: Midred Wirt (1932). Revised By: Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (1962). Nancy and her best friends, George and Bess, are returning from a country carnival when they see the burning of a country mansion. They rush to the rescue, but Nancy finds an anonymous diary when seeking shelter from the flying…
Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were just ordinary suburban children, living comfortably in a modern villa with their lovely parents. They always had everything they needed, and their parents always take care of them well. Then, one night, two men came to their house. After a heated conversation with their father…
Writer: Midred Wirt (1931). Revised By: Lynn Ealer (1961). One-Sentence Summary: A bottle of perfume which reluctantly being sold to Bess leads to the adventure of capturing a counterfeit syndicate. When waiting for the train to return to River Heights, Nancy is contemplating their encounter with the mysterious woman in…
Writer: Midred Wirt (1931). Revised By: Grace Grote (1965). Nancy is going to spend her vacation at the Shadow Ranch with her cousins, George and Bess. When she reaches the airport, they tell her that their aunt and uncle, Edward and Elizabeth Rawley thinks that it's not safe for them…
One-Sentence Summary: Ishmael joins the adventure of hunting whales but almost lost his own life due to Captain Ahab's obsession of hunting the white whale (Moby Dick) which he had lost his leg to it. "Call me Ishmael." The narrator introduces himself as Ishmael. He recalls his life…
"The difference between the attitudes of these two girls - Sondra with everything offering all - asking nothing of him; Roberta, with nothing, asking all." Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work. Clyde always struggles with the inferiority…
"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public places or within a range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away." Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth, returns to his apartment and begins writing a diary to…
The narrator is living in an unspecified institution when he recounts his week in New York City during Christmas break following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a preparatory school in Pennsylvania. The narrator later tells the reason for his expulsion is due to his poor performance at the school. He…
A graduate from New Haven and veteran of the Great War decides to travel East to learn the bond business. He rents a small house with another young man at West Egg, a less unfashionable village but populated with wealthy people. His next-door neighbour is a mysterious gentleman named Jay…