Story Skeleton: The Classics is a worthwhile compilation of story analysis and outlines for 21 classic works curated and edited by David Griffin Brown & Michelle Barker. Released 1st Feb 2025, it's 291 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.
Although ostensibly mostly aimed at writers (or would-be creatives), this book is *packed* with salient, interesting, and relevant information for students, readers, and literally anyone interested in understanding what they're reading and how/why the authors of the work wrote what they did, the way they did. It's supposed to be the first volume in a series, presumably for different genres.
This volume includes analysis of 21 classic works from Jane Eyre to The Godfather. The authors write lucidly about the different structures (allegory, genre, conflict, entwining storylines, lots more), and more importantly, make them easy to understand. Most of them were originally published in English (one exception is Flaubert's Madame Bovary, translated from French).
Five stars. This would be an excellent choice for public library acquisition, home library reference, or book clubs.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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