Reference for a fast introduction to the bare minimum of Abstract Algebra

I really like A first course in Abstract Algebra by Fraleigh. He starts by the basics, is very didactic and has nice visualizations. You can get a good grasp on group theory, ring theory and Galois theory. More advanced topics are clearly marked so you can skip them in a first reading.


I could recommend the book with I was introduced to algebra being almost from scratch: Abstract Algebra by Gregory T. Lee. It is a book with less than 300 pages and in the preface the author talks about what he considers to be the "basic" topics. Gallian's Algebra book is more extensive, but I think you can take it for specific queries and references.