Can you summarize Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time book 'The Eye of the World'? Read it, but keep forgetting lol

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Can you summarize Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time book 'The Eye of the World'?

I've read the book twice now, over a period of 8 years or so, but I keep forgetting all the things that happen in it. I once read through to book 4, and I really want to read the whole series. If perhaps someone could summarize the first book for me, I can at least continue to the second again, haha.

The books are just so extensive with so many characters. Also I'm doing a second master's degree in literature (first in Comparative Literature, second in German), so with all I'm required to read, I'm starting to have trouble keeping things seperated in my mind. I'm already so scatterbrained haha.

I would greatly appreciate a good summary or a link to a summary. I remember everything that happens until they start traveling. After that I only have vague memories of wolves, a big royal city, and something with facing the dark one or something at the end after lots of training with Lan?

Answer 1

Here are some links to summaries. I hope they help!

http://hem.passagen.se/kjnoren/jordan/teotw.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_World
http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/696/
http://hem.passagen.se/wotcomp/1_eye.htm