La Cousine Bette | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Pages 5 - 148 Abstract

* Monsieur Crevel visits the Baroness at her home.
* The Baroness confronts Crevel and asks if he is responsible for the failure of her daughter Hortense's engagement.
* Crevel admits to having sabotaged Hortense's engagement as an act of retribution against the Baron.
* Crevel explains that...
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