diff --git a/assets/css/compiled/main.css b/assets/css/compiled/main.css
index 8f462959..402e86f1 100644
--- a/assets/css/compiled/main.css
+++ b/assets/css/compiled/main.css
@@ -1028,6 +1028,12 @@ body.zen-mode-enable {
       height: 8px;
     }
   }
+  .line-clamp-3 {
+    overflow: hidden;
+    display: -webkit-box;
+    -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+    -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
+  }
   .\!block {
     display: block !important;
   }
diff --git a/layouts/partials/article-link/_shortcode.html b/layouts/partials/article-link/_shortcode.html
index 79756146..db73ec3c 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/article-link/_shortcode.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/article-link/_shortcode.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {{ $target := .target }}
 {{ $shortcodeShowSummary := .showSummary }}
+{{ $shortcodeCompactSummary := .compactSummary }}
 {{ $constrainItemsWidth := site.Params.list.constrainItemsWidth | default false }}
 {{ $disableImageOptimization := site.Params.disableImageOptimization | default false }}
 
@@ -103,8 +104,14 @@
       {{ $showSummary = $target.Params.showSummary | default (site.Params.list.showSummary | default false) }}
     {{ end }}
     {{ if $showSummary }}
+      {{ $compactSummary := false }}
+      {{ if ne $shortcodeCompactSummary nil }}
+        {{ $compactSummary = $shortcodeCompactSummary }}
+      {{ else }}
+        {{ $compactSummary = $target.Params.compactSummary | default (site.Params.list.compactSummary | default false) }}
+      {{ end }}
       <div class="overflow-hidden pt-1">
-        <div class="prose dark:prose-invert max-w-fit">
+        <div class="{{ if $compactSummary }}line-clamp-3{{ end }} max-w-fit prose dark:prose-invert">
           {{ $target.Summary | plainify }}
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/article.html b/layouts/shortcodes/article.html
index f71181b6..299319ff 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/article.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/article.html
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {{ $link := .Get "link" }}
 {{ $showSummary := .Get "showSummary" }}
+{{ $compactSummary := .Get "compactSummary" | default false }}
 {{ $target := .Page }}
 {{ if ne $link .Page.RelPermalink }}
   {{ $target = index (first 1 (where .Site.AllPages "RelPermalink" $link)) 0 }}
 {{ end }}
 {{ if $target }}
   <section class="space-y-10 w-full">
-    {{ $context := dict "target" $target "showSummary" $showSummary }}
+    {{ $context := dict "target" $target "showSummary" $showSummary "compactSummary" $compactSummary }}
     {{ partial "article-link/_shortcode.html" $context }}
   </section>
 {{ end }}